AN 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Levallois Technique, Upper Paleolithic, Premolar
3 Oct 2016
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The scientific study of the origin, development, and varieties of human beings and their societies, particularly so-called primitive societies. 1. cultural: the branch of anthropology dealing with the origins, history, and development of human culture, and including in its scope the fields of archaeology, ethnology, and ethnography. Adaptive: non-biological system through which people adapt to their environment. General systems theory: generalizations about how all systems operate, positive/negative feedback/equilibrium. Downplays the importance of ideology, values, beliefs. Ideational: look at diversity of all humans. Everyday behavior, tension/power (gender roles, age roles, hierarchy-multiple areas for people to fit in) Interests & actions not necessarily adaptive, knowledge historically situated . Reflects time and place in which we live. Hypothesis testing- emphasized the need to use this, collect data, publish, need to be replicable. Modern technology/ new technology: sophisticated quantitative techniques, computers, a place to store data, can do stats as a much faster pace compared to handwriting.
