Anthropology: The Study of Humans

by Jeffrey McCully

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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.

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Publisher
Moraine Valley Community College
Subjects
Social Sciences
Licence
CC BY, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. About the Authors
  4. InfoPage
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. 1: Introduction to Anthropology
  8. 2: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
  9. 3: Evolution
  10. 4: Primates and Human Evolutionary Relatives
  11. 5: The Fossil Record and Human Ancestry
  12. 6: Homo sapiens and Human Biological Variation
  13. 7: Forensic Anthropology
  14. 8: Introduction to Linguistics
  15. 9: Language Culture and Society
  16. 10: Language Structure
  17. 11: Historical Linguistics
  18. 12: Language Acquisition
  19. 13: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  20. 14: Subsistence
  21. 15: Social Organization
  22. 16: Rituals Religion and Expressive Culture
  23. 17: Ideology Identity and Inequality
  24. 18: Introduction to Archaeology
  25. 19: Archaeological Fieldwork
  26. 20: Artifact Analysis
  27. 21: Preservation
  28. 22: Historical Archaeology
  29. Back Matter
  30. Index
  31. Glossary
  32. References
  33. Detailed Licensing
  34. Detailed Licensing