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 — This article is about the social science. For other uses, see Anthropology (disambiguation). Anthropology Fields Archaeology Biological an … Wikipedia
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
2003 in science — The year 2003 in science and technology involved some significant events.Anthropology*March 13 The journal Nature reports that 350,000 year old upright walking human footprints had been found in Italy.Astronomy*February 11 NASA s WMAP satellite… … 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
2004 in anthropology — 2004 in anthropologyEvents*The National Museum of the American Indian moves to its present location on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.Publications* Native Anthropology: The Japanese Challenge to Western Academic Hegemony , by Takami… … Wikipedia
2002 in anthropology — 2002 in anthropologyEvents*The French government returns the remains of Saartjie Baartman to South Africa, where she is buried.PublicationsBirths Deaths*Pierre Bourdieu *Raymond Firth *Stephen Jay Gould *Thor Heyerdahlee also* List of years in… … 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
Visual anthropology — is a subfield of cultural anthropology that developed out of the study and production of ethnographic photography, film and since the mid 1990s, new media. While the term is sometimes used interchangeably with ethnographic film , visual… … Wikipedia
