Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… … Universalium
ANTHROPOLOGY — ANTHROPOLOGY, literally an account of man, is the comparative study of human societies and cultures. Anthropology has four major subfields: archaeology , the study of past cultures through an examination of material remains; biological (physical) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
anthropology — anthropological /an threuh peuh loj i keuhl/, anthropologic, adj. anthropologically, adv. /an threuh pol euh jee/, n. 1. the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs… … Universalium
Anthropology of cyberspace — The anthropology of and in cyberspace or cyberanthropology is a minor subbranch of sociocultural anthropology that deals with cybernetic systems, the culturally informed interrelationships between human beings and technologies. These… … Wikipedia
Anthropology — This article is about the social science. For other uses, see Anthropology (disambiguation). Anthropology Fields Archaeology Biological an … Wikipedia
2001 in anthropology — 2001 in anthropologyEventsPublicationsBirths Deaths*Abner Cohen *Derek Freeman *Marvin Harris *George HarrisonAwards*Margaret Mead Award: Mimi Nichter *Victor Turner Prize: Tanya M. Luhrman for Of Two Minds: The Growing Disorder in American… … Wikipedia
2003 in anthropology — 2003 in anthropologyEvents*The First Homo Floresiensis remains are found. *The National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad and archaeological sites throughout Iraq are looted.PublicationsBirths Deaths*Isaac SchaperaAwards*Margaret Mead Award: Marc Sommers … Wikipedia
Medical anthropology — is an interdisciplinary field which studies human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation .[1] It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives.[2] It is one of the most highly developed areas of… … Wikipedia
Museum anthropology — is a domain of scholarship and professional practice in the discipline of anthropology. A distinctive characteristic of museum anthropology is that it cross cuts anthropology s sub fields (archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistic… … Wikipedia
Linguistic anthropology — is that branch of anthropology that brings linguistic methods to bear on anthropological problems, linking the analysis of semiotic and particularly linguistic forms and processes to the interpretation of sociocultural processes.Historical… … Wikipedia