Table of Contents (169.0K) - McGraw-Hill
Table of Contents (169.0K) - McGraw-Hill
Table of Contents (169.0K) - McGraw-Hill
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<strong>Contents</strong> ix<br />
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: Is Evolution a Fact, a Theory,<br />
or Just a Hypothesis? 59<br />
Summary 60<br />
Questions for Further Thought 60<br />
Notes, References, and Readings 61<br />
Chapter 4 THEMES OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Culture 63<br />
The Concept <strong>of</strong> Culture 65<br />
The Characteristics <strong>of</strong> Cultural Behaviors 65<br />
Culture Is Learned 65<br />
Culture Involves Concepts, Generalizations, Abstractions,<br />
Assumptions, and Ideas 66<br />
Culture Involves Active Learning and Symbolic<br />
Transmission 66<br />
Culture Requires Artifacts 67<br />
Culture in Nonhuman Primates 67<br />
Chimpanzees Make Tools 68<br />
Monkeys Use Tools 69<br />
Apes Can Be Taught the Rudiments <strong>of</strong> Human Language 70<br />
Humans Are Cultural 71<br />
Brains and Culture: The Basic Biocultural Level 71<br />
A Model for the Study <strong>of</strong> Cultural Systems 73<br />
The Cultural “Filter” 74<br />
Worldview 74<br />
Some Examples 76<br />
The Role <strong>of</strong> Religion 76<br />
The Arctic 77<br />
Southwest Asia 78<br />
The American Worldview 80<br />
An Anthropological Analysis <strong>of</strong> the Necktie 80<br />
Material Culture and the Study <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Cultural Past 82<br />
Material Culture and Cultural Systems 83<br />
Archaeological Analysis 85<br />
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: Can Anthropologists Study Their<br />
Own Cultures? 88<br />
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: Who Owns Archaeological Sites<br />
and Their <strong>Contents</strong>? 90<br />
Summary 90<br />
Questions for Further Thought 92<br />
Notes, References, and Readings 92
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