Thermodynamics: Role Of Archaeology And Pedagogy In Anthropology

HS 325 ARCHAEOLOGY CONCEPT, CONTENT AND PRACTICE
G. PAWAN KUMAR
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ROLE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN ARCHAEOLOGY: INTRODUCTION:

Archaeology and Anthropology revolves around the study of human beings in the broadest sense of evolution, behaviour and adaptation. It also deals with their cultural and social life and the different theoretical & practical ways in which human variation and the conditions in which humans live can be understood.

The unity and variety of humankind are zeroed using different, but overlapping ways. The interaction of society, culture, and biology in human experience may be viewed through the perspective of time: from the early ancestors of human beings (which is dealt with by Biological Anthropology), over the millennia when human beings developed their early societies and cultures (the subject matter of Archaeology), to the range of peoples who inhabit the modern world (the principal focus of Social Anthropology).

The main 4 fields of Anthropology are:
1. Socio-Cultural Anthropology
2. Physical (Biological) Anthropology
3. Linguistic Anthropology
4. Archaeological Anthropology

Social Anthropology focuses on the variety of people living in every part of the world today. It is majorly deals with all contemporary societies and forms of cultural life, placing them in both an historical and

Archaeology by recreating the past cultures, bring a long-standing perspective to culture. Cultural anthropologists can see the minute changes often, and sometimes see how that leads to larger changes. For example, a cultural anthropologist following the technological revolution that is Facebook in the last ten years would have seen one of the larger changes. Facebook helped to bring to the change in Middle East government. Archaeologists often cannot see the minute changes but we see the big picture changes. We see how cultures change and often through examining the smaller details of daily