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Anthropology |
Anthro - (Greek:”anthropos”) meaning “ human.” Ology - (Greek: “logos”) meaning “study.” |
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Anthropology’s 4 Sub-fields |
Archaeology Linguistics Physical or (biological) Anthropology Cultural or (social) Anthropology |
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Anthropology’s 5th Sub-field |
Applied Anthropology (practitioners use anthropology in the service of particular social concerns.) |
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What Archaeology does? |
Study and excavation of people’s past. Example: tools and items left behind, or consumption patterns (garbage left behind). |
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Excavation can reveal what in archaeology? |
Studying excavation artifacts such as those underground, or visible artifacts, such as pyramids, footprints, and cave paintings can allow archaeologists to draw conclusions about how the people connected to those artifacts lived. |
Archaeologists have been able to infer social hierarchies, trade relationships, patterns of settlement, daily diet, religious beliefs, and more. |
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What is comparing the past (material record) to present that provides information about cultural change even with no written record? |
Ethnoarchaeology |
The William Rathje project involved the study of household garbage to gain knowledge about people’s patterns of consumption compared to what those people said their patterns were. |
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Archaeology is a _____________measure of human behavior, meaning it does not cause subjects to change behavior in response to the research performed. |
Nonreactive |
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Where language is studied primarily in relation to its use within larger cultural and social systems, it’s known as _______? |
Sociolinguistics |
Sociolinguistics is integrated with the study of cultural anthropology. |
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Who encouraged christians to cultivate a “tough” mind and a tender heart to understand the gospel and to put into practice? |
Martin Luther King Jr. |
Martin Luther King Jr. earned a B.A. in sociology |
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__________illuminates how the study of physical qualities relates to the ways humans organize social life? |
Physical Anthropology |
This is often applied in healthcare, and medical schools to compare human growth patterns and to understand nutrition and physical variation within a community. |
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What is the most controversial sub-field of anthropology for many Christians and why? |
Physical Anthropology Many religions people believe God created the world, and the scientific study of human organisms often raises difficult issues. |
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