Anthro wvu stuvia 2024 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

historic archaeology - ANSWERarchaeology with written documents prehistoric archaeology - ANSWERarchaeology before written documents overall goal of archaeology - ANSWERto understand and reconstruct history and past cultures culture - ANSWERTool that helps us know how to behave appropriately in varying situations & helps us to interpret meaning cultural relavitism - ANSWERis the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own cult...

Cultural Anthropology - ANSWERThe study of human society and culture that describes, analyzes, interprets and explains social and cultural similarities and differences. What method do cultural anthropologists use to study culture? - ANSWEREthnography Ethnography (Definition and core contribution) - ANSWERthe firsthand personal study of a local setting Ethnographic techniques - ANSWEREthnographic present 1.Direct, firsthand observation 2.Conversation 3. The genealogical method 4. D...

lemurs are found in what part of the world (not counting zoos) a. Iceland ascar d. south and central america e. Australia - ANSWERc. madagascar the measure of success under natural selection is a. how many offspring are produced b. whether an individual lives or dies c. how well adapted an individual is d. how well adapted the species is - ANSWERa. how many offspring are produced founder effect: a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals ...

which is NOT a reason that archaeology, of all the subfields of anthropology, is the most distinct? - ANSWERit is the essentially popular activity of art collecting historical archaeology refers to the study of - ANSWERbegins with the beginning of written history in region of investigation prehistoric archeology is concerned with - ANSWERall of the above when we interpret some archeaolgical data by observing similar artifacts in use among living cultures we call it - ANSWERenthographic ...

which is NOT a reason archaeology, off the subfield is the most distinct - ANSWERit is the essentially popular activity of art collecting historical archaeology refers to the study of - ANSWERbegins with the beginning of written history in region of investigation prehistoric archeology is concerned with - ANSWERall of the above when we interpret some archeaolgical data by observing similar artifacts in use among living cultures we call it - ANSWERenthographic analogy best describes o...