ANTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociolinguistics, Applied Anthropology, Medical Anthropology

• School: UConn
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: Sarah Willen

Document Summary

General anthropology: anthropology offers a broad view. Examines ancient and modern, simple and complex societies. Unique cross cultural perspective: four field anthropology (specific to u. s. anthropology) Sociocultural (cultural anthropology: first developed in the late 19th century. Focused on the indigenous people of north america. Archaeological anthropologists use material artifacts to understand patters and changes in social life, customs, migration, and relationships. Biological anthropologists study how humans and in related species have changed physically over time. Linguistic anthropologists a) study language in use and b) reconstruct ancient languages by studying modern ones: cultural forces shape human biology. Biocultural approach= brings together biological and cultural perspectives to investigate and respond to a specific issue or problem. Sub disciplines of american anthropology: archaeological anthropology. Reconstructs, describes, and interprets human behavior and cultural patterns through material remains. May infer cultural transformations by observing changes in sites. Also reconstruct behavior patterns and lifestyles of the past by excavating: biological or physical anthropology.