Anthropology 4400E Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ethnography, Processual Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology
14 Jan 2018
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Anthro 4400 book notes on an archaeology of the. States in unwrapping the sacred bundle by ian hodder. Questions why should anthropology be an umbrella discipline. But at same time agrees that archaeology belongs in anthropology. In europe archaeology is typically its own discipline or under history. Archaeology and anthropology in us as positivistic sciences. Archaeology in us emerged as job focused more on technical skill than on anthropological questions. Nagpra - native american grave protection and repatriation act. Author feels more connected to his colleagues in anthropology department at. Stanford than in britain cause there"s a common ground and nds more division between groups of different archaeologists. Argues that postprocessual archaeology is closer to mainstream cultural anthropology than are other types of archaeology at present. A new alternative can be students can be trained in both ethnography and archaeology. Archaeology has as many links to geography, sociology, philosophy, technology studies etc.
