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 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
1934 in anthropology — 1934 in anthropologyEvents* The Nihon Minzoku Gakkai (Japanese institute of Ethnology) is founded.Publications* Patterns of Culture , by Ruth Benedict.Births*Maurice Godelier Deaths*Ronald Burrage Dixon *Fritz Graebner *Berthold Lauferee also*… … Wikipedia
1936 in anthropology — 1936 in anthropologyEventsPublicationsBirths*Benedict Anderson *Arjun Appadurai *Brian Fagan *R. Dale Guthrie Deaths*Vladimir Bogorazee also* List of years in anthropology * 1935 in anthropology * 1937 in anthropology … Wikipedia
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1935 — 1935 U.S. and Canadian Fellows= * Samuel K. Allison, Deceased. Particle Physics: 1935. * Newton Arvin, Deceased. American Literature: 1935. * Werner Emmanuel Bachmann, Deceased. Biochemistry: 1935. * Alvah Cecil Bessie, Deceased.Writer: 1935. *… … Wikipedia
cultural anthropology — cultural anthropologist. the branch of anthropology dealing with the origins, history, and development of human culture, and including in its scope the fields of archaeology, ethnology, and ethnography. Also called social anthropology. Cf.… … Universalium
Social anthropology — is the branch of anthropology that studies how currently living human beings behave in social groups. Practitioners of social anthropology investigate, often through long term, intensive field studies (including participant observation methods),… … Wikipedia
History of anthropology — This article appears to require substantial work to meet Wikipedia s standards. Please see the talk page for discussion. This article mainly discusses 18th and 19th century precursors of modern anthropology. For more information on modern social… … Wikipedia
Transpersonal anthropology — is a subdiscipline of cultural anthropology. It studies the relationship between altered states of consciousness and culture. As with transpersonal psychology, the field is much concerned with altered states of consciousness (ASC) and… … Wikipedia