Anthro

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1. Archeology

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1. Archeology- study of past society from material

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2. Biological

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2. Biological or physical anthro- study bones

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3. Cultural

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3. Cultural anthro- study what humans do, say, politics, religion

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4. Linguists

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4. Linguists- language and how it relates to the culture and soceity, how we form words with our mouths, hand gestures, how we form words with our mouths

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Why is culture problematic?

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Because it's diverse. People can belong to multiple cultures.

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Cultural Relativism

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what is "right" in one culture may not be right in another.

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Characteristics of Religion

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1. Belief in non-emperical beings to explain the unexplainable.
2. Set of beliefs that unites a moral community.
3. A practice used to cope with uncertainty.
4.A search for protective figures in a chaotic universe
5. A way of ordering the world into symbolic categories
6. A biological strategy that enhances human survival
7. A mystical source of powerful emotions

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Religion

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1. Stories.
2. nonempirical
3. Common use of symbols.
4. rituals.
5. Have specialized roles.
6. altered states of consciousness.
7. changes over time

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Sir Edward Burnett Tylor

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Animism: everthing has a spirt. Minimum def of religion.

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Robert R. Marett

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Animatism:“the belief in an impersonal spiritual force.” Mana: Supernatural force of power

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Methods anthro study the origins of religion

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1. Hominid Behavior: chimps behaviors, communication, and use of tools. Social cooperation
2.Human Evolution
3. Archaeology-burial