hey guys anthropology and archaeology just really confuse me.... i was wondering if you could help me! thanks...
2006-10-31 22:06:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
In archeology you dig. Anthropology is the study of people and their culture
2006-10-31 22:10:55 · answer #1 · answered by swami242 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Archaeology is considered, generally, a subset of anthropology. Anthropology includes anything that involves studying humans, from your classic guy in a hut in the jungle watching the natives, to the archaeologists out in the field with trowels, to forensic anthropologists investigating crime scenes.
Archaeologists spend most of their time either digging, studying the artifacts we dig up, or writing reports on the sites worked on. In truth, though, everything's a bit fuzzy. I work as an archaeologist, and we've been known to catalogue buildings that are still in use for the Historic Register. It's also useful for us to talk with tribal groups if we're digging up sites featuring their ancestors. Your average archaeological dig can also use the expertise of faunal analysts, physical anthropologists (the guys who study body remains, usually bones), geologists, and anyone else who can help us out. It's easy for people who aren't in the field to get confused; actually, you are doing much better than most of the public. There's a long-running joke among us about members of the public asking, "Didja guys find any of them dinosaur bones yet?" That would actually be the paleontologists.
2006-11-01 11:23:17 · answer #2 · answered by random6x7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the object of studying.
arch is an auxiliar science for anthropology. It assists anthr providing data, just like other auxiliar sciences for anth, like enthnografic, lingüistic, and so on.
2006-11-02 05:05:20 · answer #3 · answered by marumaar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋