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Anthropology for Beginners
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains. Archaeology, then, is both a physical activity out in the field, and an intellectual pursuit in the study or laboratory. Here the methods of archaeology and ethnography overlap. How were those pots used?
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
This data enables researchers to connect climatic patterns with human migration events, suggesting that Central Asia's climate may have played a role in directing early human movements through the region.
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Anthropology.net
MARCH 26, 2025
Using Bayesian chronological modeling and data from over 150 archaeological sites, the study examines how two major climatic events—the Antarctic Cold Reversal (ACR) and the Younger Dryas (YD)—influenced early human dispersal across the continent. The modelling work (e.g., The modelling work (e.g.,
Anthropology.net
MAY 2, 2025
Rethinking the Archaeology of Contact For decades, the presence or absence of European trade goods—glass beads, iron knives, brass kettles—has guided archaeologists in determining whether a North American Indigenous site was occupied before or after European contact. If European objects were found, the site was “historic.”
Anthropology 365
APRIL 23, 2025
The book draws on anthropologys four-field tradition to show how our ways of knowingwhether biological, linguistic, archaeological, or culturalare always shaped by politics, language, funding, and history. I later learned this was a recurring event. He was asking anthropologists to stop pretending that science speaks for itself.
Sapiens
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The Wajãpi had invited me to map archaeological sites in their territory. The Wajãpi already knew of my “archaeological finds”—the footsteps of Creator Hero from the beginning of time. What could my archaeological knowledge possibly offer to such a vast cosmological wisdom? I was excited. We just draw from different backgrounds.
Mr and Mrs Social Studies
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Simulations have the opportunity to bring a historical topic to life in a way that more traditional activities cannot. Simulations can also present information in a new way that can be more exciting and engaging than traditional teaching methods. Therefore, we do not recommend using simulations in these contexts.
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