Lecture 2 ANTH 160A1Outline of Last Lecture I. Human CultureOutline of Current Lecture II. What is Anthropology?A. Types & Human BehaviorToday’s LectureI. Patterns In Pre-HistoryII. What is Anthropology?What is anthropology?Anthropos (man)+ology(study)= Study of manThe holistic study of humanity, globally and comparatively from the present to the origins of ourancestorsFour Fields of Anthropology:CulturalCultural Anthropology: The sub-discipline of anthropology that emphasizes the learned social behaviors of living, or recent social groups.Human Behavior:Ethnography: descriptive study of human societies throughout the worldExplorers, missionaries, traders, soldiersTrained anthropologistsParticipantThick description: Social structure, religion, economy, material culture, and environment-Ethnology: analysis and interpretation of the articulation and structure of social institutions.Biological Anthropology: The sub-discipline of anthropology that focuses on the biological basis of humankind.Linguistic Anthropology: Those anthropologists who focus on the role of language in human social life.Structural Linguistics (individually and comparatively):The systematic study of the component parts of languages and their relationships-Phonology= sounds-Grammar=rules-Syntax= arrangements-Semantics=meaningComparative linguistics- developmentally how languages change and evolve through time, evolution of language, past migrations, group fission or fusionArchaeology- study of ancient thingsThe systematic study of the human past through the recovery and examination of its material remains. NO DINOSAURS!Basic Divisions in Archaeology-New World (The Americas) vs. Old World (everywhere