Introduction to Anthropology

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Introduction to Anthropology
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What is Anthropology?
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What is Anthropology?Common Perceptions

• Bones

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What is Anthropology?Common Perceptions

• Bones
• Digging

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What is Anthropology?Common Perceptions

• Bones
• Digging
• Monkeys Apes

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What is Anthropology?Common Perceptions

• Bones
• Digging
• Monkeys Apes
• Pots ( artifacts)

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What is Anthropology?Common Perceptions

• Bones
• Digging
• Monkeys Apes
• Pots ( artifacts)
• Ruins

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Anthropology

• The study of humankind
• People
• Culture
• At all times in all places
• Ancient pyramids of Egypt
• ESL programs in NYC classrooms
• Holistic
• Multi-faceted
• Scientific Method

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I want to know who I am, what I am, and where I
come from. -Richard Leakey
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Archaeology
Physical/ Biological
ANTHROPOLOGY
Linguistics
Ethnology (Cultural)
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Archaeology

• Material remains
• Stone tools
• Structures
• Modern garbage
• Reconstruct past lifeways
• Document explain culture change
• Fieldwork
• Survey (mapping)
• Excavation

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Ethnology

• Living societies (or recent past)
• Studies patterns of thought behavior
• Studies how cultures change
• Fieldwork
• Participant Observation
• Informants
• Survey

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Physical/Biological

• Human evolution
• Human diversity
• Biology
• Adaptation
• Osteology/Forensics
• Primate studies
• Physiology
• Social organization

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Linguistics

• Study of language
• Modern language
• Ancient writing
• Historical linguistics
• Structural linguistics
• Sociolingistics

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Why study Anthropology?

• Learn about human diversity
• Adaptation
• Cultural universals
• Understand different cultures
• Tolerance
• Why people are the way they are

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Discussion

• What makes us human?
• How different are we from other life forms?
• How similar are we to other life forms?

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