History 4.1 Flashcards
(40 cards)
Physical anthropologist
studies human forms
Arnold Van Gennep
noted life crisis ceremonies
life history
one person’s view of their own culture
Census
list of marriages, births, deaths and so on
archaeologist
digs up ancient ruins
key informant
gives an ethnographer much information
general monograph
presents all aspects of a culture
psychological tests
reveals inner feelings
ethnologist
studies culture of living peoples
specialized monograph
focuses on one aspect of a culture
ethnographic film
provides a visual record
trash heaps
reveals life in the past
Branislaw Malinowski
began training ethnographers
diary
helps an ethnographer understand himself
kinship chart
shows relationships among people
Rites of passage, joking, music, and family culture are cultural____________________
universals
The study of all aspects of culture makes anthropology _____________________
holistic
The goal of anthropology is to discover cultural _____________
regularities
Anthropology differs from other human sciences through its emphasis on ______________________
culture
Anthropologist should stay in the field for
all seasonal activities
Culturally originally comes from ___________________________
God
Anthropology tries to understand every aspect of a culture because anthropology is _________________________
holistic
Anthropology focuses on oral societies because ______________
they are dying out
In what step does an anthropologist read about people?
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