ANTH 1003 Chapter : Cultural Anthropology
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What is anthropology: study of humankind, from its beginnings millions of years ago to the present day, very broad perspective, from the greek anthropos (human) and logia (study) Goals of anthropology: describe, analyze and explain different societies and cultures, show how groups have adapted to their environments and gave meaning to their lives, comprehend the entire human experience. What makes anthro distinctive in the social sciences: characterized by a comparative, field-based, evolutionary, holistic. Holistic approach: culture, history, language, economics, biology, many other disciplines, focus on one factor, biology, psychology, physiology, or society to explain human behavior, human beings as whole organisms, adapt to environments through interaction of biology and culture. Anthro four fields: archeology, physical or biological anthro, sociocultural anthro, linguistic anthro. Africans living in the early nyc: cultural resource management. Protection and management of archeological, archival and architectural resources.
