Introduction to ANTHROPOLOGY

Prepared by:
MR. JOSEPH G. LAVIA

ETYMOLOGY
ANTHROPOS + LOGIA

ANTHROPOS meaning HUMAN

LOGIA meaning STUDY

ANTHROPOLOGY

is the scientific study of the ORIGIN,

the BEHAVIOR, and the PHYSICAL,
SOCIAL, and
CULTURAL development of HUMANS.

ANTHROPOLOGY

is a HOLISTIC SCIENCE.
studies the
WHOLE of the HUMAN CONDITION: past,
present, and future;
biology, society, language and culture.

ANTHROPOLOGY

is A COMPARATIVE SCIENCE
that examines all societies,
ancient and modern,
simple and complex.

FIRST anthropologists
HERODOTUS

A Roman copy (2nd century AD) of a Greek bust of

Herodotus from the first half of the 4th century BC
Native name

Born

c. 484 BC
Halicamassus, Caria, Asia Minor

Died

c. 425 BC (aged approximately

60)
Thurii, Calabria, or Pella,
Macedon

Ethnicity

Greek

Occupation

Historian

Notable work(s)

The Histories

Parents

Lyxes (father)
Dryotus (mother)

Relatives

Theodorus (brother)
Panvassis (uncle or cousin)

Historian
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
was a senator and a
historian of the
Roman Empire.
The surviving portions of his
two major worksthe
Annals and the Histories
examine the reigns of the
Roman Emperors Tiberius
Born: 56 AD, Gaul, France
Died: 117 AD

TACITUS

FIRST anthropologists

ANTHROPOLOGY and other

academic fields

Anthropology is link to the NATURAL

SCIENCES
(e.g. Geology, Zoology),
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology),
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (Psychology),
PHILOSOPHY, HUMANITIES and
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY.

ANTHROPOLOGY and other

academic fields

Anthropology is a sciencea "systematic field of study of body of

knowledge that aims, through experiment,
observation, and deduction, to produce
reliable explanations of phenomena, with
reference to the material and physical
world.

ANTHROPOLOGY and other

academic fields

One of the main differences between

anthropology and the other fields that
study people is holism, anthropology's
unique blend of biological, social, cultural,
linguistic, historical, and contemporary
perspectives.

ANTHROPOLOGY and other

academic fields

Paradoxically, while distinguishing

anthropology, this breadth is what also
links it to many other disciplines.

ANTHROPOLOGY vs.
SOCIOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY
Study of Human Beings
Understanding human
social and cultural
behavior

Study of Society, of
Human interaction
Understanding why the
world works differently
for different groups of
people

ANTHROPOLOGY vs.
SOCIOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY
Study social trends and
phenomena that
influences social
behaviors of individuals.
Is interested in the
is a quantitative social
overall culture of a group science
of people.

ANTHROPOLOGY vs.
SOCIOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY
Will look at any group of Will examine people both
people who have a sort of in small and large
identity.
groups.
More on observations

More on surveys and

statistics.

SUBFIELDS /
DIMENSIONS
GENERAL

APPLIED
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
Cultural Anthropology Development
Anthropology
Archaeological
Cultural Resource
Anthropology
Management
Biological Anthropology Forensic Anthropology
Linguistic
Study of Linguistic
Anthropology
Diversity in Classrooms

ANTHROPOLOGY

FIELDS of
Archaeological
Biological
Cultural
Linguistic
Applied

ARCHAEOLOGICAL

examines our PAST WAYS OF LIFE through

the interpretation of material culture,
organic remains, written records, and oral
traditions.

BIOLOGICAL
anthropology
also called PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
Deals with the EVOLUTION of the human
body, mind and behavior as inferred
through study of fossils and comparison
with behaviors and anatomy of other
primate species.

METHODS
Biological
ANTHROPOLOGY

Paleoanthropology

Primatology

Human Variation

PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

study BONE and STONE remains

of our ancient ancestors
from millions of years ago.

PRIMATHOLOGY

study PRIMATES.

PRIMATHOLOGY
study PRIMATES.
Primate (pramet)
n1. (Animals) any placental mammal of the
order Primates, typically having flexible hands and
feet with opposable first digits, good
eyesight, and, in the higher apes,
a highly developed brain: includes lemurs, lorises,
monkeys, apes, and man.

HUMAN VARIATION

study of the PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES

and similarities of
existing human populations.

CULTURAL anthropology

is the study of human society and culture,

the subfield that describes, analyzes,
interprets, and explains social and cultural
similarities and differences.

CULTURAL anthropology

explores the diversity of existing human

ways of life, how they work , how they
change, and how they interrelate in the
modern world.

LINGUISTIC
anthropology

examines the structure and diversity of

language and related human
communication systems.

APPLIED anthropology

emphasizes how the theories, techniques

and methods of anthropology can be
employed to facilitate stability or change
and solve problems in real world
situations.

APPLIED anthropology

application of anthropological data,

perspectives, theory, and methods to
identify, assess and solve contemporary
social problems.

REFERENCES

http://ethnoproject.ru/sites/ethnoproject.ru/files/SOCIAL_AND_CULTURAL.pdf

http://www.antropocaos.com.ar/Russel-Research-Method-in-Anthropology.pdf
http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/yamada/files/2009/09/IB-anthro-guide.pdf

http://faculty.smu.edu/RKEMPER/publications/Kemper-Rollwagen_Urban_Anthropology_Encyclopedia_of_Cultural%20Anthropology.pdf
http://ethnoproject.ru/sites/ethnoproject.ru/files/Encyclopedia_of_Social_and_Cultural_Anthropology.pdf

http://www.ebook3000.com/Culture-Counts--A-Concise-Introduction-to-Cultural-Anthropology--2nd-edition_175167.html
http://www.udel.edu/anthro/budani/Anth101%2006F%20%20Intro%20Lecture.pdf

http://www.andrews.edu/cas/behavioral/docs/book_draft_12_linked.pdf

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/system/404.html

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073531030/student_view0/chapter1/chapter_outline.html
http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-anthropology-and-sociology/

https://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070518025734AAQc9Kr

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Anthropology_vs_Sociology
https://www.sonoma.edu/anthropology/home/subfields.html

REFERENCES

http://occupytampa.org/files/tristan/Conrad_Phillip_Kottak_Mirror_for_Humanity_A_Concise_Introduction_to_Cultural_Anthropology__2009.pdf

http://sociology.morrisville.edu/readings/ANTH101/Anthropology-Introduction.pdf

https://www.victoria.ac.nz/sacs/study/publications/cultural-anthropology-sociology-careerview.pdf

http://www.cengagebrain.com/content/nanda17069_0534617069_01.01_toc.pdf
http://www.udel.edu/anthro/budani/INTRODUCTION%20Anth101%20Lecture.pdf