ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antimicrobial Resistance, Spinach, Decimal Mark
19 Apr 2016
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Definition of anthropology: anthropos= humans, logia= study of, the systematic study of humankind. Ethnography: a description of an aspect of culture within a society: archaeology: study of past societies and their cultures using material culture (tools, ceramics, sites) Prehistoric: usually no written documents or oral histories, evidence comes from artifacts recovered from sites . Historical: work on more recent societies, integrate historical evidence. Sampling- usually do not excavate the entire site. Evidence/artifacts are recorded, labelled, photographed, and mapped systematically. Excavation method depends on challenges/problems associated with site: linguistic anthropology: studies the construction and use of language by human societies. Sociolinguistics: the relationship between language and social behaviour in different cultures: physical anthropology: studies all aspects of the biology and behaviour of the human species (and our closest relatives), past and present. Osteology: biological anthropology: all aspects of the biology & behaviour of the human species, past and present. Evolutionary perspective: to look at things in the deep past.
