GC Main Characteristics of American Anthropology

Main Characteristics of American Anthropology

• • four fields characterize American Anthropology
    
    • Archaeology
    • Biocultural Anthropology
    • Cultural / Social Anthropology
    • Linguistics

  • culture: as a primary concept

    • learned
    • shared
    • transmitted from generation to generation
    • based on symbols
    • integrate
  • comparative methods: as major approaches to the study of human behavior development and structure
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  • holism: or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary goal of anthropology
    • The approach used in this class emphasizes the "holistic" anthropological view which combines observations of "culture" and behavior with considerations of the physical and developmental aspects of humans.
  • fieldwork: as a primary research technique, involving “participant observation”
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