The Basics
This is the study of humans past and present. However, some say this is just the study of human as its most simple definition.
What is anthropology?
This site, discovered by Hiram Bingham, was said to be an Inca royal retreat.
What is Machu Picchu?
This bioarchaeologist, now at Western, is the current department chair of anthropology
Who is Andrew Nelson?
These two schools of thought are said to be opposites. The first views culture as an environmental adaptation and the second focuses on a phenomenological approach to the past.
What are Processualism and Post-Processualism?
These ancient Egyptian structures were said to have been built by aliens.
What are the Great Pyramids?
This subfield deals with the study of past material culture.
What is archaeology?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
This large Cambodian complex was a spiritual center devoted to the god Vishnu
What is Angkor Wat?
This famous primatologist is well known for her work in Gorillas in the Mist.
This approach to anthropology focuses on the lived experience of those being studied.
What is Phenomenology?
Eric Von Daniken wrote this famous book that became the basis for Ancient Aliens.
What is Chariots of the Gods?
This subfield of archaeology is the study of ancient or past humans within an archaeological context.
What is bioarchaeology?
This large cave in France houses multiple 17,000 year old drawings of animals and humans. It was listed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1979.
What is Lascaux Cave?
This man is typically referred to as the Father of American Anthropology.
Who is Franz Boas?
This approach to archaeology predates processualism and focused on cataloguing artifacts in time and space but made no interpretations.
What is the Culture History Approach?
This allegory from Plato is a fictional story of greed. However, many believe that this place still exists.
What is Atlantis?
This subfield of biological anthropology specifically focuses on the study of apes, chimpanzees, and many other similar animals.
What is primatology?
This ancient site in Turkiye is from the neolithic period and dates back to roughly 10,000 to 8,000 BCE.
This female socio-cultural anthropologist studied peoples in Oceania and believed that gender roles are culturally determined rather than being innate.
Who is Margaret Mead?
This theory developed by Darwin has become foundational in the study of ancient primates.
What is the Theory of Evolution?
This creature was originally photographed by Canadian trappers and has since troubled primatologists because of how obvious the hoax is.
What is Bigfoot?
This is the linguistic study of meaningful units of language called morphemes
What is morphology?
This site, and remanent of the Roman Empire, is found in Northern England and was built to defend against the Picts.
What is Hadrian's Wall
This female African American folklore anthropologist is known for her studies on zombies and her work in the American South.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This idea states that all cultures are equal and contemporary to one another. It also states that cultures cannot be judged based on another culture's values or beliefs.
What is Cultural Relativism?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The skull of this individual was said to be a missing link in human evolution. It was later revealed to be a badly altered orangutan skull.
Who is Piltdown Man?