AR101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Osteology
12 Apr 2019
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Archaeology is the study of past humans and societies though their material remains. How different we are from other animals. Where we have come from and how we have changed. Understand how the chronology formed a context for past societies. Impact on the environment by humans (and vice versa) Is the study of people and human cultures. What makes the social sciences significant: economy: how they trade, what they trade, subsistence: how they live, what they are, religion: what they believe, rituals: everyday practice, customs: norms, laws, tech, genetics, anatomy, evolutionary processes, adaptation. Cultural anthropology: looks at modern living societies or cultures, key term ethnography. Linguistic anthropology: study of human speech and evaluation of language over time. Scientific method: pseudo archaeology, info about past that doesn"t follow anthropological approaches. Types of archaeologists: prehistoric archaeology, historical archaeology, north americans, pre contact and contact. Ontario archaeology: heritage management, cultural resource management (crm, must be licensed (different levels of licensing, legislation protecting sites.
