CHAP 1 – What is Anthropology 1. Which of the following is not true about Franz Boas? A. He was a German-born‚ Jewish person until the Hitler regime 2. The American Anthropological Association (or AAA) acknowledges the public service role provided by anthropology by recognition of which of the following dimensions of the field? B. cultural anthropology or allied 3. What is the most critical element of cultural traditions? C. Their transmission through learning
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There are four main fields of anthropology: biological anthropology‚ cultural anthropology‚ archaeology‚ and linguistics. Anthropologists tend to specialize in one of the four main fields but must be familiar with the other fields because they are all closely related to one another. First‚ biological anthropology deals with the study of humans as living organisms. In other words‚ people on this field might study human growth‚ anatomy‚ human ancestors‚ and genetics. Second is cultural anthropology
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prominent in society‚ cultural and biological anthropologists have been able to conduct research on to how human adaptation and resistance to disease occurs. Based on interconnectedness of aspects such as economy‚ population distribution‚ horticulture‚ environment and anatomy‚ biological anthropologists and cultural anthropologists are able to draw connections and prove how humans have adapted to malaria over time. Cultural and biological anthropologists have observed that people from India‚ Asia
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Definition of Anthropology Etymological definition in Greek: Anthropo = man; human beings; humankind Logia = study of; knowledge Anthropology is the systematic study of man‚ human beings or humankind. *Man is multi-faceted; has many sides. *Man is a physical and cultural being. That is why Anthropology is linked to all other sub disciplines and subfields that pertain to the study of man: Sociology‚ Psychology‚ Physiology‚ Literature‚ Arts and Aesthetics‚ Political Science‚ etc. Let
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A cause of death could possibly be determined. Anthropologists could look at fractures of bones‚ or any other marks. One interesting story of how this occurred was from when Archaeologists discovered the remains of a fourteen year old female in Jamestown Virginia. Anthropologists with only a skull and tibia were able to determine age‚ ethnicity‚ health conditions‚ and sadly‚ the cause of death. The cause of death
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an incredibly important aspect of the Gende people of the Yandera village. In our culture gambling is looked down upon. However‚ for the Gende people it helps redistribute the wealth back into the economic system to those who are in need. If an anthropologist who had an ethnocentric view would walk into the Gende culture the effects could be disastrous. By taking away something as minuet to us as gambling it would quite possibly cause a huge downward spiral to their cultures overall well being. I believe
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different). Anthropologists interview people‚ make maps‚ collect artifacts‚ tape recordings‚ hang out (participant observation of daily life). To learn what is going on through participation. Anthropology is conducted by being there and making us feel uncomfortable Anthropologists agree on two things: Anthropology way of knowing is unique because it involves fieldwork Settings are usually strange Objects of their study are subjects; see how they react to anthropologists. Anthropology
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Eyad Farraj Biographical Presentation Anthropologist: Jane Buikstra Jane Buikstra is an American anthropologist and bioarchaeologist. She was born on November 2nd‚ 1945. She is one of the most influential American Anthropologists in her field. Her work has had global significance. She majored in Anthropology at Depauw University and has obtained her master’s and doctorate degrees from the university of Chicago. Since then she has worked on numerous field work projects all around the Americas and
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information about JSTOR‚ please contact support@jstor.org. . Hofstra University is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize‚ preserve and extend access to Twentieth Century Literature. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded on Tue‚ 12 Mar 2013 05:26:27 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Gypsiesand LesbianDesire: Vita Sackville-West‚Violet Trefusis‚ andVirginiaWoolf Kirstie Blair All Long Barn‚Knole‚ Richmond and Bloomsbury. too familiar and entrapping. Either I
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fossils‚ nicknamed Lucy‚ was found in 1974 near Hadar‚ Ethiopia (Africa continent). 2. Who discovered the fossil remains that became known as "Lucy"? Donald Johanson‚ an American anthropologist and curator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and his graduate student Tom Gray. 3. What other famous anthropologist/paleontologist got into a dispute with the team that discovered "Lucy”? What was the argument about? The other famous was paleoanthropologists Tim White; Johanson and White argue
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