ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Linguistic Anthropology, Coprolite, Common Era
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The study of past human cultures through their material remains. Stones and bone tools, skeletal material, remains of buildings and pot shards (broken pottery) and coprolites (fossilized fecal material) Archaeology has contributed knowledge about towns and villages. Emergences of the great early states of egypt, phoenicia, the indus valley and. Revealed before common era queens were often rulers (challenges male. Excavated the fresh kills landfills on staten island, near new york city. Excavation of artifacts such as pop top can tabs, disposable diapers cosmetic containers and telephone books. The study of human communication, including its origins, history and contemporary variation and change. Integral to cultural anthropology language is the primary means for transmitting. How we classify relatives, honour our ancestors; describe beauty make visible culture. beliefs and values. Study language in everyday use, or discourse and how it relates to power structures at local, regional and international levels.
