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Anthropology - - Answer-the study of humankind in all times and places Ethnocentrism - Answer-the belief that the ways of one's own culture are the only proper ones Culture - Answer-theories about the world and reality based on the assumptions and values of one's own culture Applied Anthro...

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Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1
Questions and Answers
Anthropology - - Answer-the study of humankind in all times and places

Ethnocentrism - Answer-the belief that the ways of one's own culture are the only proper
ones

Culture - Answer-theories about the world and reality based on the assumptions and
values of one's own culture

Applied Anthropology - Answer-use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve
practical problems

Medical Anthropology - Answer-specialization that brings theoretical and applied
approaches from cultural and biological anthropology to the study of human sickness
and health

Cultural - Answer-study of customary patterns in human behavior, thought and feelings

Culture - Answer-society's shared and social transmitted ideas, values, and perceptions
which are used to make sense of experience

Ethnography - Answer-detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on
fieldwork

Fieldwork - Answer-term for on site location research

Participant observation - Answer-learning the culture through social participation and
personal observation

Ethnology - Answer-study of analysis of different cultures from a comparative or
historical POV explain similarities and differences

Linguistic - Answer-study of human languages

Discourse - Answer-an extended communication on a particular subject

Archaeology - Answer-study of human cultures through the recovery and analysis of
material remains and environment data

Bioarchaeology - Answer-archaeological study of human remains

, Cultural resource management - Answer-concerned with survey and or excavation of
archaeological and historical remains

Physical anthropology - Answer-systematic study of humans as biological organisms
Molecular - study of genes and genetic relationship

Paleoanthropology - Answer-study of biological changes through time to understand the
origins and predecessors of the present human species

Biocultural - Answer-an approach the focuses on the interaction of biology and culture

Primatology - Answer-study of living and fossil primates

Forensic - Answer-analysis of human skeletal remains for legal purposes

Empirical - Answer-an approach based on observations of the world rather than on
intuition or faith

Hypothesis - Answer-tentative explanation of the relationship among certain
phenomena

Theory - Answer-explanation of natural phenomena supported by relatable body of data

Doctrine - Answer-assertion of opinion or belief formally handed down by an authority
as true and indisputable

Artifact - Answer-any object fashioned or altered by humans

Material culture - Answer-durable aspects of culture such as tools, structures and art

Fossil - Answer-preserved remains of past life forms

Soil marks - Answer-stains that show up on the surface of recently plowed fields the
reveal an archaeological site

Midden - Answer-refuse or garbage disposal area in an archaeological site

Grid system - Answer-system for recording date from an archaeological excavation into
three dimensions

Datum point - Answer-starting point or reference for grid system

Relative dating - Answer-around the time

Absolute dating - Answer-exact dates

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