Chapter 1: Anthropology in a Global Age

1. Globalization: key dynamics

1.1. time-space compression

1.2. flexible accumulation

1.3. increasing migration

1.4. uneven development

2. Archaelogy

2.1. investigation of humans past

2.2. analyzing material remains

3. Prehistoric archaeology

3.1. reconstruct human behavior in past

3.2. artifacts such as clues

3.2.1. buildings

3.2.1.1. hunting grounds

3.2.1.1.1. campsites

4. Lingusistic anthropology

4.1. human language in past and present

4.2. languages

4.2.1. vibrant

4.2.1.1. complex

4.2.1.1.1. symbols

5. Participant observation

5.1. involving both participation in and observation of the daily life of people being studied

6. Anthropoence

6.1. ancestors struggled to adpat

6.1.1. heat/cold

6.1.2. disease

6.1.3. natural disasters

7. Four field approach

7.1. Holism

7.2. Physical anthropology

7.3. paleoanthropology

7.4. primatology

8. What is anthropology?

8.1. the study of human diversity, past, and present

8.2. the knowledge to help people of different back grounds to understand one another

8.3. ethnocentrism

8.3.1. ethnographic fieldwork

9. Historic archaeology

9.1. descriptive linguists

9.2. historic linguists

9.3. sociolinguists

10. Cultural anthropology

10.1. ethnology

10.2. study of peoples everyday lives and communities

10.2.1. behavior

10.2.1.1. beliefs

11. Globalization

11.1. money

11.2. people

11.3. goods

11.4. national borders

12. climate change

12.1. human activity

12.1.1. burning fuels

12.1.1.1. global warming