Specialists!
The study of man.
An additional 100 points if can name one subfield of anthropology!
What is anthropology?
Learned behavior that is then shared with others such as worldviews, belief systems, etc.
What is culture?
The association of artifacts found together.
What is context?
Name of a site that shows activity related to the hunting of large animals.
What is a kill site?
Objects that have been modified or created by man.
What is an artifact?
A scientist who is able to determine diet, disease, etc. by studying human remains.
What is a bioarchaeologist?
To judge another culture or tradition based on our own standards/values.
Double Jeopardy! WORTH 400 points!
Ethnocentrism or to be "ethnocentric"
The context of an artifact that has not been disturbed.
An extra 200 points for the term describing an artifact that has been moved or disturbed.
What is primary context?
What is secondary context for extra points!
The geographic region that we will focus on in this course.
What are the Americas?
Type of object based on social structure or hierarchy.
Extra 300 points if you can name the type of social structure usually seen in a tribal society.
What is a sociofact?
What is an egalitarian society?
A scientist who studies cultures living today both modern and tribal.
What is a cultural anthropologist?
Refers to all physical objects that can be found in culture including buildings, artifacts, and human remains.
What is material culture?
Artifacts that have been disturbed or moved from their original context.
What is secondary context?
A culture that existed before written language.
What is a prehistoric culture?
An object that is of natural origin not made by humans.
What is an ecofact?
A question-based science involving the discovery and search for ancient and historic human settlements or civilizations.
What is archaeology?
Another name for how culture is always changing.
What is dynamic?
When considering context, this refers to the material or environment that surrounds the artifact when found.
What is the matrix?
When archaeologists attempt to simulate or duplicate a technique in order to learn more about how it was created by ancient humans.
What is experimental archaeology?
Type of object that is based on belief or religion.
What is an ideofact?
The person who specializes in the study of ancient life forms such as dinosaurs.
What is a paleontologist?
An attempt to suspend all judgement regarding another cultural practice or tradition.
What is cultural relativism?
Means the same as primary context.
An additional 200 points if guess this correctly!
What is in situ?
What are features?
The term used to describe a group of artifacts that are associated with or found in one location.
What is an assemblage?