ARCHAEOLOGY/ANCIENT HUMAN REMAINS Archaeology is the scientific study of past cultures and the way people lived based on the things they left behind. Archaeological techniques involve finding the site‚ use of specialists‚ use of technology‚ dating methods‚ and preservation/ conservation. From the techniques used to study the remains of human bodies and the specific locations in which they were found‚ it is possible to learn details of their lives prior to their deaths and then later preservation
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tangible and the intangible: artifacts‚ settlements‚ monuments‚ rubbish dumps‚ cultural behaviorisms‚ religions‚ legacies‚ and other remains. This definition alone already shows the bringing together and intertwining of archaeology‚ history and anthropology in order to piece together the scattered pieces of our past‚ hidden in our earth. It is the fact that we - the peoples of the today - are a result of the past‚ that gives our "back looking curiositie" as the great archaeologist William Camden defines
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A History of Anthropology by Eriksen and Nielsen‚ 2001 Victorians‚ Germans‚ and a Frenchman 1) 19th century- rise of modern Europe‚ the modern world‚ the Industrial Revolution. In the early 20th century‚ United States begins its ascent to world power‚ replacing the European powers. 2) Result of the Industrial Revolution was that production increased in both Ag and manufacturing which resulted in rise in population who migrated into the cities and to the other countries (United States‚ Australia
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In the documentary "The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan" Journalist Najibullah Quraishi investigates the cruel world of Afghanistan’s cultural boy dancing. This involves the sale or kidnapping of young poverty stricken boys. Training of singing‚ dancing‚ and playing instruments. The entertainment to men‚ for weddings and other ceremonies while the boys are dressed in women’s clothes‚ and the sexual abuse of the young boys. The "Deviant Place" victimization theory applies directly to the "Bacha Bazi"
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Sitting in his office in the German university town of Chemnitz‚ Arved Huebler often thinks of the poor in rural India. Huebler is a physicist‚ a professor at the Chemnitz University of Technology and director of the Institute for Print and Media Technology in the university. He runs an exchange programme with Manipal University and has a lab there‚ but that isn’t why he has Indian villages on his mind. Huebler is developing a product that will be useful for the poor‚ those who do not have electricity
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Franz Boas‚ ( 1858 – 1942 ) is a well-known‚ widely respected anthropologist and teacher often referred to as the Founder of American Anthropology. But there were other contri – butions by Boas‚ possibly not as well known‚ but in my opinion‚ equally important and deserving of recognition. Boas did not limit his outspoken opinions to just anthropology‚ he was equally outspoken regarding his opinions on human rights and equality‚ individual liberty and equal opportunity. And he did so
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THE STUDY OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Chapter 7: Importance of Identity and Ethnicity 1. Identity and Self | * Name an identity and that name or form of identification will always be associated with that person or personality * Many communities has naming rituals * Through naming‚ a group acknowledges a child’s birthright and establish the child’s social identity * With no name‚ the individual has no identity‚ no self * Self-awareness develops from childhood and socialization plays an
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Rites of Passage Sheena Griffy ANT101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Animikha Dutt 6/8/2015 Rites of Passage Rites of Passages are defined and celebrated in altered ways for individual cultures. Rites of passages whether a ceremony or procedure represent a change for an individual within their given society. It’s easy to feel your culture’s rituals are better and you may not even understand why each culture’s rituals exists. It’s difficult to appreciate and understand
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Anthro 201-Intro to Social Anthropology Prof. Ward‚ Fall 2013 Study Questions: Anthropology & Contemporary Human Problems 6th Edition by John H. Bodley Chapter 1: Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems 1. Who is Franz Boas? What does this quote mean? What problems confront us today? 2. What do we mean by ‘progress’? Is human cultural evolution progress? 3. What human system of adaptation do we live in today? 4. What changes in our society have dramatically
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Relativism and Universalism Richard A. Shweder As the moral philosopher David Wong has noted (2006: xi): “The standard characterizations of [moral] relativism make it an easy target and seldom reveal what really motivates people who are attracted to it. Introductory textbooks in ethics frequently portray the view as an extreme variety of subjectivism (or conventionalism) in which anything goes – a person’s (or group’s) accepting that something is right makes it right for that person (or group)
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