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Cultural Anthropology 101 Terms defined
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
07/01/2012

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Cultural Anthropology
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American Anthropology is a discipline composed of 4 subfields-Cultural Anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, and physical anthropology.
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Cultural Anthropologists
Definition
study contemporary societies and social groups within a cross-cultural comparative framework. They are interested in how humans construct their lives on the basis of both learned traditions and new responses to a rapidly changing world.
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Linguistics
Definition
The study of language, has always been an important part of anthropology.
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Physical Anthropologists
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often called biological anthropologists, study the evolution of humans and areas such as growth, nutrition, development, and disease.
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Ethnology
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Comparing the study of one or more cutures
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Ethnography
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A book based on the study of one particular culture.
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Archaeology
Definition
The study of human prehistory- that is human existence before the appearance of written records.
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