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Anthropology: The Study of Humans
This textbook introduces the field of anthropology through its four major subfields: biological anthropology, linguistics, cultural anthropology, and archaeology. It highlights key concepts, methods, and findings across the discipline while also addressing the ethical issues and historical dilemmas that have shaped anthropological practice.
- Author
- Jeffrey McCully
- Publisher
- Moraine Valley Community College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 22 sections
- 01: Introduction to Anthropology
- 02: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
- 03: Evolution
- 04: Primates and Human Evolutionary Relatives
- 05: The Fossil Record and Human Ancestry
- 06: Homo sapiens and Human Biological Variation
- 07: Forensic Anthropology
- 08: Introduction to Linguistics
- 09: Language Culture and Society
- 10: Language Structure
- 11: Historical Linguistics
- 12: Language Acquisition
- 13: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- 14: Subsistence
- 15: Social Organization
- 16: Rituals Religion and Expressive Culture
- 17: Ideology Identity and Inequality
- 18: Introduction to Archaeology
- 19: Archaeological Fieldwork
- 20: Artifact Analysis
- 21: Preservation
- 22: Historical Archaeology