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Anthropology (cultural, physical/biological, linguistics, archaeology) cultural materialism, ecological approaches, evolutionary approaches, functional approaches, structural approaches. prehistoric (precolonial), historical, classical archaeology, underwater archaeology, biblical archaeology, and industrial archaeology. Charles darwin, natural selection, uniformitarianism, somme hand axes, neander. Unilinear cultural evolution, diffusion, e. b. tylor (savagery, barbarism, civilization), lewis henry morgan. Components and phases, culture areas, traditions and horizons. Direct historical method, analogies, the midwestern taxonomic method. Ian hodder, holistic, humanistic, agency, people without history . Evolutionary approaches, ecological approaches, marxist perspectives (dialectical materialism, critical theory, cultural materialism, world systems theory. Theoretical skills, methodological expertise, technical skills, administrative and managerial skills, writing and analytical skills. The scientific method inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning. Research design and formulation, data collection, data processing, analysis, and interpretation, publication. Normative models, functional models, processual models (processual archaeology), postprocessual models (interpretive, reflexive) The concept of culture tylor"s 1871 definition. The principle of association and the principle of superposition. Historical records, calendars, and objects of known age.