Inside Anthropology

Chapter 1 The Structure and Meaning of Anthropology
Science and Humanity
Characteristics of Anthropology
A Close-Up of the Subfields
Activity 1 Anthropology as Science and Humanity
Activity 2 Cultural Evolution USA
Activity 3 The Nacirema
Activity 4 Inside the Subfields

Chapter 2 Culture
Definitions of Culture
A Close-Up of the Definition of Culture
Reading Culture
Related Cultural Concepts
Activity 1 Considering Culture
Activity 2 Food and Culture
Activity 3 Technology and Culture Change
Activity 4 Applying Cultural Relativism

Chapter 3 Ethnographic Fieldwork
The Scientific Method
Ethnographic Fieldwork
Ethnographic Field Methods
Activity 1 Consider Participant Observation
Activity 2 Ethnographic Fieldwork

Chapter 4 Anthropological Code of Ethics
What Are Ethics?
Early Ethics in Anthropology
The Development of a Formal Code of Ethics
The Seven Ethical Principles
Activity 1 Ethics Cases

Chapter 5 Evolution in Science and Faith
Simply Evolution
The Evolution of Evolution
Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
What Is Darwinian Evolution? What Did He Actually Say?
Gregor Mendel (1822–1884) and Other Kinds of Biological Variation
The Faith of Evolution
Well, What About Questions
Activity 1 Tracking Evolution in History
Activity 2 Delving Deeper into the Connections between Science and Faith

Chapter 6 The Order Primates
Taxonomy and Systematics
A Close-Up of the Trends and Tendencies in the Primate Order
Summarizing Thoughts about Primates
Activity 1 Thinking about Species Diversity
Activity 2 Applying What You Have Learned

Chapter 7 Human Evolution
Lumpers and Splitters
Sites and Excavation
Field Methods and Dating Techniques in Archaeology and Paleoanthropology
Relative Dating
Absolute Dating
Walk This Way: A Bipedal Detour
Ardipithecus sp. 5.8–4.4 million years before present (mybp)
Australopithecus sp. circa 4.4–1.4 mybp
H. habilis circa 2.4—1.6 mybp H. erectus circa 2.0 million years–108,000 years bp
Homo sapiens?
Peopling of the Americas
The Neolithic Revolution
Activity 1 Sleuthing
Activity 2 Consider Fossil Diversity
Activity 3 Mystery Skulls
Activity 4 Who Are You?

Chapter 8 Diverse Forms of Organization in Human Societies
Principles of Social Organization
Diverse Human Societies
Tribal Societies
Chiefdom Societies
State Societies
Activity 1 Principles of Social Organization Case Studies
Activity 2 Draw Your Own Kinship Chart

Chapter 9 Religion
Defining Religion
Ritual in Religion
A Close-Up of Rituals
Defining Myth
A Brief Structural Analysis of a Myth
Magic
Sacred Space
Activity 1 Analyzing a Ritual
Activity 2 Exorcism
Activity 3 Brother Moon and Sister Sun

Chapter 10 Language
Defining Language
Language Is Creative
Structure of Language
Theories of Language
Anthropological Linguistics
Language Revitalization
Activity 1 Language and Advertising
Activity 2 Language Conformity