ANTH 1006 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Linguistic Anthropology, Applied Anthropology
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Anthropology: the study of humans around the world and through time. Holism: the study of the whole of the human condition. Examines all societies, ancient and modern, simple and complex, local and global. Culture: are traditions and customs, transmitted through learning, that form and guide the beliefs and behavior of the people exposed to them. Foraging: hunting and gathering of nature"s bounty. Food production: the cultivation of plants and domestication of animals. Biocultural: refers to using and combining both biological and cultural perspectives and approaches to analyze and understand a particular issue or problem. General anthropology: refers to using and combining both biological and cultural perspectives and approaches to analyze and understand a particular issue or problem. 4 subfields: they are sociocultural, archaeological, biological, and linguistic anthropology. Cultural: focuses on societies of the present and recent past. (most popular) Archaeological: reconstructs lifeways of ancient and more recent societies through analysis of material remains.
