ANT208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nazi Salute, Chisel, Mississippi Highway 13
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The science of messages, communications, knowledge, etc. February 2, 2017: swiss linguist in pre world war i era, referred the term as semiology , most interested in system of the sound of word, signifier/signified = physical form/mental concept. Basis: in human communications we have a physical manifestations/objects, referred to as signified. Come up with a generalization: e. g. Three letters, verbal expression, written on board signifier. Mental image of a cat: four legged, claws, fur, whiskers, etc. Egyptian mummies found had tattoos before the discovery of the iceman in 1991. Identified 61 tattoos with close examination of his skin: preserved with skin in tact, oldest physical evidence of tattoos, tattoos were made using the ashes from fires. Nobody knows why these tattoos were there and what they represent. The descendants of joman, archaeological culture dating 12,000 years ago. A practice passed on through maternal line.
