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    This document contains an anthropology classwork assignment submitted by Grace Valladares to her teacher Mr. Lizano. It includes questions about key concepts in anthropology like what anthropology and archaeology are, definitions of artifacts and fossils, and how archaeologists interpret findings. It also lists important figures in the history of anthropology like Friedrich Ratzel, Frederic Ward Putnam, Paul Broca, Ellen Russell Emerson, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Rudolf Virchow, Margaret Mead, and Louis Leakey and provides brief descriptions of their contributions to the field.

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    CENTRO CULTURAL

    SAMPEDRANO

    GRACE VALLADARES
    11TH A PREMED

    MR. LIZANO

    ANTROPOLOGY
    CLASSWORK

    2/9/2021
    1. What is anthropology?
    A// Anthropology is the study of what makes us human

    2. What does an archeologist do?


    A// Archaeologists wash, sort, catalog, and store recovered artifacts after bringing them
    back from the field. They analyze individual artifacts, but also may sort them into
    groups to see patterns.

    3. What is an artifact?
    A// An object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.

    4. What is a fossil?
    A// Fossils are the preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in
    sediments, such as sand and mud, under ancient seas, lakes and rivers. Fossils also
    include any preserved trace of life that is typically more than 10 000 years old.

    5. What can these artifacts tell us about the past?


    A// This evidence tells us about past events and provides information on how the people
    before us lived their lives: what they ate, how they built their houses and how they
    organized their communities. Ancient artifacts are simply objects that give evidence
    about people's lives in the distant past.

    6. How do archaeologists make sense of what they find?


    A// Archaeology is based on the scientific method. Archaeologists ask questions and
    develop hypotheses. They use evidence to choose a dig site, and then use scientific
    sampling techniques to select where on the site to dig. They observe record, categorize,
    and interpret what they find.
    Investigation: you are going to investigate who are the following persons and in what
    they help in Anthropology.

    1. Friedrich Ratzel
    Ratzel played an important role in evolutionary
    anthropology, contrasting it with the idea that
    populations need to spread their cultural traits
    beyond their original environment and that, in turn,
    contacts with other people’s allow development.

    2. Frederic Ward Putnam


    American anthropologist who was a leader in the
    founding of anthropological science in the United
    States. He helped develop two of the nation's
    leading anthropological research centers at
    Harvard University and the University of
    California, Berkeley, and played a leading role in
    founding or building four major anthropological
    museum collections.

    3. Paul Broca
    He founded the Anthropological Society of Paris
    in 1859, the Revue d'Anthropologie in 1872, and
    the School of Anthropology in Paris in 1876. He
    made contributions to the science of cranial
    anthropometry by developing many types of
    measuring instruments and numerical indices.
    4. Ellen Russell Emerson
    American ethnologist, noted for her extensive
    examinations of Native American cultures, especially
    in comparison with other world cultures

    5. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach


    His most important anthropological work was a
    collection of 60 human skulls described in his
    Illustrated Collection of Skulls from Various Peoples.
    Also noteworthy are the works of the Natural History
    Manual, Introduction to the study of Medicine and
    Comparative Anatomy Manual.

    6. Rudolf Virchow
    In 1869 he founded the German Anthropological
    Society, and in the same year he founded the Berlin
    Society for Anthropology.

    7. Margaret Mead
    Margaret Mead is known for having studied the
    nature of genera in isolated tribes. This
    anthropologist was especially interested in
    comparing cultural traits. Margaret Mead was one
    of the pioneers of American cultural anthropology
    and feminism in the second half of the 20th
    century.
    8. Louis Leakey
    In 1961, Louis discovered a fossil
    specimen of Homo habilis, about 2
    million years old and with a greater
    cranial capacity than
    Australopithecus. In 1967 he found
    the remains of another hominin,
    Kenyapithecus africanus.

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