Chapter 1 and 2

Question 1

What are the four sub fields of anthropology

Answer 1

• Physical anthropology
• Archeology
• Socio-cultural anthropology
• linguistics

Question 2

What are the most fundamental disciplines of anthropology

Answer 2

• deals with cultural objects
• does not naturalize subject matter
• communities not individuals
• deep time
• Wide range of societies

Question 3

What is humankinds greatest adaptation

Answer 3

Culture

Question 4

Define ethnology

Answer 4

Cultural anthropology in regards to historical development

Question 5

Define ethnography

Answer 5

Branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human culture

Question 6

Define ethnohistorian

Answer 6

Branch of anthropology dealing with the development of cultures through archeological findings

Question 7

Define absolute dating

Answer 7

Age of absolute time scale

Calendrical dates

Question 8

Define relative dating

Answer 8

No calendrical date

Ish) (a is older then b

Question 9

What artifacts are more likely to be preserved than others?

Answer 9

Stone 
Fired clay
Charred plants
Animal bone
Shell

(Metals are in-between)

Question 10

What are good climates for preservation

Answer 10

Very dry
Very wet
Very cold

Question 11

An artifact is a…

Answer 11

Portable object partly or wholly modified from human activity

Question 12

An Eco fact is a…

Answer 12

Something that was not modified by humans that still contains cultural value