Four Fields of Anthropology

FOUR FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY

FOUR FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY

Biological Anthropology

Linguistic Anthropology

Archaeology

Cultural Anthropology

LINGUISTIC

The history, evolution, and internal structure of human languages.

Prehistoric connections between societies

The nature of language its links with the brain and human behavior

How language shapes and reflects social life• The Translator

LINGUISTIC

BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Biological origins of humans• Evolutionary development• Genetic diversity• Health, growth, and development

Paleoanthropology

Bioarchaeology- human remains

Forensic Anthropology – identification of human skeletal remains for legal purposes

ARCHAEOLOGY

Studies material remains/ artifacts, site formation, technology, movement

Ancient societies with little or no written records to recent and current societies

NOT ARCHAEOLOGY

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Studies human culture, ecology, and social organization

Ethnographic research• Participant observation

• Addresses all aspects of culture including: kinship, religion, art, myth, subsistence, politics, economics, identity, and medicine

• Seeks to understand the internal logic of a culture