ANTH 1210 Names/Subdisciplines with
complete solutions to pass
anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of humanity in the widest possible
sense
- all people, all places, all times
- includes study of nearest biological relatives (primates)
- search for fundamental and universal patterns of behavior
Edward Taylor - correct answer ✔✔founder of anthropology (1870s)
ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔belief that your culture's practices are
superior while unfamiliar behaviours are wrong or unnatural
cultural anthropology - correct answer ✔✔ethnological study of modern people
and study of recent ancestors (primates)
linguistic anthropology - correct answer ✔✔study relationships b/t cultural
behaviour and language -- how culture is learned, modern and ancient languages
and their evolution
archaeology - correct answer ✔✔study of material remains of past human life and
activity
, historical archaeology - correct answer ✔✔study of material remains from periods
during written records
-- test historical record, recognize bias
modern archaeology - correct answer ✔✔examine modern and future cultures
through the systematic study of humanity
ethnoarchaeology - correct answer ✔✔study the relationship b/t modern
behaviour and material culture
archaeological culture - correct answer ✔✔clusters of similar materials at a group
of sites originating from a specific time
material culture - correct answer ✔✔objects that people have and make --
reflection of human culture and behaviour
taphonomy - correct answer ✔✔study of changes that occur to organisms or
objects after being buried or deposited
archaeological site - correct answer ✔✔areas of past human habitation (can
include fossil locales)
mortuary archaeology - correct answer ✔✔careful excavation of burials and
recovery of skeletal remains -- insights into beliefs, culture, social organization
complete solutions to pass
anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of humanity in the widest possible
sense
- all people, all places, all times
- includes study of nearest biological relatives (primates)
- search for fundamental and universal patterns of behavior
Edward Taylor - correct answer ✔✔founder of anthropology (1870s)
ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔belief that your culture's practices are
superior while unfamiliar behaviours are wrong or unnatural
cultural anthropology - correct answer ✔✔ethnological study of modern people
and study of recent ancestors (primates)
linguistic anthropology - correct answer ✔✔study relationships b/t cultural
behaviour and language -- how culture is learned, modern and ancient languages
and their evolution
archaeology - correct answer ✔✔study of material remains of past human life and
activity
, historical archaeology - correct answer ✔✔study of material remains from periods
during written records
-- test historical record, recognize bias
modern archaeology - correct answer ✔✔examine modern and future cultures
through the systematic study of humanity
ethnoarchaeology - correct answer ✔✔study the relationship b/t modern
behaviour and material culture
archaeological culture - correct answer ✔✔clusters of similar materials at a group
of sites originating from a specific time
material culture - correct answer ✔✔objects that people have and make --
reflection of human culture and behaviour
taphonomy - correct answer ✔✔study of changes that occur to organisms or
objects after being buried or deposited
archaeological site - correct answer ✔✔areas of past human habitation (can
include fossil locales)
mortuary archaeology - correct answer ✔✔careful excavation of burials and
recovery of skeletal remains -- insights into beliefs, culture, social organization
