MATH 1552 : Spring15Quiz5
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What is anthropology: the study of humankind, from its beginnings millions of years ago to the present day from the greek anthropods ("human") and logia ("study") Sciences: characterized by a comparative, field-based, evolutionary, holistic approach, holistic approach considers culture, history, language, economics, and biology. Anthropology"s 4 fields: archaeology, study of past cultures through their material remains, fossils, tools, built structures, waste, historical archeology: may use written records, types of research archaeologists do, study the history of the peopling of the americas. When and from where did they arrive: african burial grounds in manhattan: what was like really like for the enslaved and free africans living in early new york city, cultural resource management. Downward mobility in the age of affluence: how do community members in rural bolivia create kinship ties through everyday practices, krista van vleet"s (2008) performing kinship: narrative,
