ANTH 1413 Study Guide - Final Guide: Relativism, Ethnocentrism, Socalled
9 Oct 2014
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Anth 1413 (sp14) study guide exam 3. Be sure to know the following concepts, time periods, sites, and archaeological cultures. However, emphasis will be placed on the last segment of the course (after exam 2). Archaeology and anthropology: anthropology and its sub-disciplines, holism, relativism, comparison. Holism all aspects of human variation (economy, social organization, cosmology, biology, etc. ) are relevant and interdependent. Relativistic cultural relativism is the idea that different cultures need to be understood in their own terms and not according to the standards and values of others: the opposite of ethnocentrism. Use of sophisticated techniques for precise observations: laser total station, association spatial relationship of different things and places. Silverware in relation to plate: context an interpretation of the association of objects, artifact, feature, ecofact. Ecofacts unmodified or non-tool materials: food remains, commensal species, environmental proxies (pollen, phytoliths) Features non-portable objects: hearts, pits, structures, archaeological culture.
