L1 | ANTHROPOLOGY

• ANTHROPOLOGY

  • Origin can be traced back to:
  • Herodotus
  • Bronislaw Malinowski
  • Franz Boas
• HERODOTUS

  • Father of history
• BRONISLAW MALINOWSKI

  • Father of anthropology
  • First anthropologist to do ethnographic fieldwork.
• FRANZ BOAS

  • Father of american anthropology
  • Pioneer of modern anthropology
• ANTHROPOLOGY

  • Anthropos: human
  • Logia: study
• ANTHROPOLOGY

  • Study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary history, how they behave, adapt to different environments, communicate and socialize with one another.
• 4 MAJOR FIELDS UNDER ANTHROPOLOGY

  1. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
  2. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
  3. ARCHAEOLOGY
  4. LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
• BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

  • also known as Physical anthropology
  • Study of homo sapiens as biological beings both in present and in the past
  • Explains the biological evolution in our species 
• BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

  1. PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
  2. PRIMATOLOGY
• PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

  • Study of human biological evolution through examination of the fossils of our ancient ancestors and relatives
• PRIMATOLOGY

  • Study of our nearest relatives (primates)
• CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

  • also known as Social anthropology
  • Description and comparison of the adaptations made by the human groups to the diverse ecosystems of the earth.
• CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

  1. ETNOGRAPHY
  2. ETHNOLOGY
• ETHNOGRAPHY

  • Descriptive study of our culture, subculture, or micro culture
  • Min. of 1 year in the field is needed to record a complex yearly cycle
• ETHNOLOGY

  • Comparative study of culture
  • Presents analytical generalizations about human culture.
• ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES

  1. ANGONO PETROGLYPHS
  2. TABON AND ILLE CAVES
  3. CALLAO CAVE
  4. BATANES
  5. MANUNGGUL JAR
• MANUNGGUL JAR

  • Considered a masterpiece of Philippine ceramics
  • Listed as a national treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines
• TABON AND ILLE CAVES

  • Evidence of prehistoric human occupation has been found in these caves in Palawan.
• ANGONO PETROGLYPHS

  • Discovered in 1965
  • Believed to be the oldest known artwork in the Philippines. 
  • The 127 figural carvings are engraved on the wall of a cave in Binangonan, Rizal, and date to the third millennium B.C.
• CALLAO CAVE

  • New species of hominid was identified from this cave in the Cagayan Valley, dating back 67,000 years.
• BATANES

  • Archaeological excavations have identified four types of archaeological sites in Batanes:
  • Castle-like structures 
  • Old settlement areas, 
  • Stone boat-shaped markers
  • Jar burials
• LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

  • Study of language, how language is formed, and how it works, the history and development of language, and its relationship to other aspects of culture.
• TABON AND ILLE CAVES

  
• MANUNGGUL JAR

  
• ANGONO PETROGLYPHS

  
• CALLAO MAN

  
• ANTHROPOLOGY

  • Provides a window to our past, a mirror for our present, and a lens through which we look to the future.
• ARCHAEOLOGY

  • Systematic study of the remains of previous cultures as a means  reconstructing the lifeway of the people who lived in the past.
  • Culture of people that we cannot interview or observe