Transcript Four fields of Anthropology Power Point

FOUR FIELDS OF
ANTHROPOLOGY
FOUR FIELDS OF
ANTHROPOLOGY
 Biological Anthropology
 Linguistic Anthropology
 Archaeology
 Cultural Anthropology
LINGUISTIC
 The history, evolution, and internal structure of human languages.
 Prehistoric connections between societies
 The nature of language its links with the brain and human
behavior
 How language shapes and reflects social life
• The Translator
LINGUISTIC
BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
 Biological origins of humans
• Evolutionary development
• Genetic diversity
• Health, growth, and development
 Paleoanthropology
 Bioarchaeology- human remains
 Forensic Anthropology – identification of human skeletal remains for legal
purposes
ARCHAEOLOGY
 Studies material remains/ artifacts, site formation, technology,
movement
 Ancient societies with little or no written records to recent and
current societies
NOT ARCHAEOLOGY
CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
 Studies human culture, ecology, and social organization
 Ethnographic research
• Participant observation
• Addresses all aspects of culture including: kinship, religion, art, myth,
subsistence, politics, economics, identity, and medicine
• Seeks to understand the internal logic of a culture