1. Main Characteristics of Anthropology

2. The Fields of General Anthropology
archaeology
physical or biological anthropology (bioanthropology)
socio / cultural anthropology
linguistic anthropology

3. Texas A & M

4. 1 2 3 4

5. Main Characteristics culture as a primary concept
comparative methods as major approaches to the study of human behavior development and structure
holism or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary goal of anthropology

6. Main Characteristics culture as a primary concept
comparative methods as major approaches to the study of human behavior development and structure
holism or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary goal of anthropology

7. Main Characteristics “culture” learned shared
transmitted from generation to generation
based on symbols
integrated

8. “cultures” are integrated interact and change
Main Characteristics
“cultures”
are integrated
interact and change

9. “culture” is not inherited (i.e., is not biological) is not “instinct”
Main Characteristics
“culture”
is not inherited
(i.e., is not biological)
is not “instinct”

10. Main Characteristics culture as a primary concept
comparative methods as major approaches to the study of human behavior development and structure
holism or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary goal of anthropology

11. Main Characteristics comparative method
as a major approach to the study of human behavior
the comparative method compares things

12. “Social anthropology and the method of controlled comparison”
Main Characteristics
comparative method
One form of comparative method was pioneered by Fred Eggan
(University of Chicago)
“Social anthropology and the method of controlled comparison”
American Anthropologist, 56: (1954)

13. “Social anthropology and the method of controlled comparison”
Main Characteristics
comparative method
One form of comparative method was pioneered by Fred Eggan
(University of Chicago)
“Social anthropology and the method of controlled comparison”
American Anthropologist, 56: (1954)

14. comparative method Other methods . . .
Main Characteristics
comparative method
Other methods
compare things regionally
in an attempt to understand process

15. comparative method Other methods . . .
Main Characteristics
comparative method
Other methods
compare things regionally
in an attempt to understand process

16. Main Characteristics
the comparative method compares things, for e.g., process of domestication / civilization
wheat – Turkey
rice – China
maize – Mexico
manioc – Brazil
millet – Africa

17. Main Characteristics
the comparative method compares things, for e.g., process of domestication / civilization
wheat – Turkey
rice – China
maize – Mexico
manioc – Brazil
millet – Africa

18. Chapter 14 Food Production Time line for Ch. 14 Food Production.
Neolithic
Time line for Ch. 14 Food Production.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th Ed., p. 333.

19. Origin of Domestication for Selected Plants
wheat
10,500 ybp
rice
7,000 ybp
maize
4,200 ybp
millet
4,000 ybp
manioc
4,200 ybp
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th Ed., p. 342.

20. Main Characteristics culture as a primary concept
comparative methods as major approaches to the study of human behavior development and structure
holism or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary goal of anthropology

21. The Fields of General Anthropology
archaeology
physical or biological anthropology (bioanthropology)
socio / cultural anthropology
linguistic anthropology

22. 1 2 3 4

24. holism

25. holism

26. difficult terms

27. Glossary ethnography scientific description of cultures
(“a portrait of a people”)

28. Glossary ethno – graphy
graph from the Greek, meaning something “written” or “drawn”

29. ethnology comparative study of cultures
Glossary
ethnology
comparative study of cultures

30. Glossary
ethology
scientific study of the social behavior of animals, especially in their natural environments
note that there is no n in ethology

31. Glossary
primatology
scientific study of the social behavior of primates, especially (non-human primates) apes and monkeys

32. “primates” prosimians (“pre-monkeys”) monkeys apes and also humans
Glossary
“primates”
prosimians (“pre-monkeys”)
monkeys
apes
and also humans

34. “non-human primates” prosimians (“pre-monkeys”) monkeys apes
Glossary
“non-human primates”
prosimians (“pre-monkeys”)
monkeys
apes

35. “non-human primates”

36. Glossary “primatologist”
usually refers to one who studies the behavior and social lives of chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, monkeys, etc.
e.g., Jane Goodall, Diane Fossy,
Birute Galdikas-Brindamour

37. Glossary ethnocentrism
judging other cultures by the standards of one’s own culture rather than by the standards of that particular culture

38. Glossary cultural relativism
the perspective that each culture must be understood in terms of the values and ideas of that culture and should not be judged by the standards of another

39. Glossary absolute cultural relativism
the perspective that says a person from one culture should not question the rightness or wrongness of behavior or ideas in other cultures because that would be ethnocentric

40. Glossary critical cultural relativism
offers an alternative view that poses questions about cultural practices and ideas in terms of who accepts them and why, and who they might be harming or helping

41. Multiple Cultural Worlds
people live in
multiple cultural worlds

42. multiple cultural worlds
class
race
ethnicity
gender
age
institutions

43. the three major contemporary debates
Biological Determinism vs. Cultural Constructionism (“nature vs. nurture”) (“learned vs. inherited”)
Ideationism vs. Cultural Materialism
Individual Agency vs. Structuralism (“free will” vs. “power structures”)