Across
- 2. This is what anthropologists call those parts of culture that contain and convey meaning; where one thing represents something else (two words).
- 4. Cultural anthropoligsits study cultures by living and participating in the culture that they want to understand. This participant observation, also called fieldwork, typically results in the development of a book describing the culture. What is this type of book called? (Hint: it is in the slides from Tuesdays' class.)
- 6. Some anthropologists study culture, some study language, and some study the remains of culture, but THIS subfield of anythropology studies the biological aspects of humans, such as how human bodies changed through evolution, or the biological traits that make humans distinct from other primates. (Hint: this subfield is sometimes called physical anthropology).
- 8. This is the primary focus of the subfield of anthropology called ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS.
- 10. This example of symbolic culture is indelibly "drawn" into someone's skin by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin.
- 11. This is what anthropologists call those parts of culture that are tangible, such as phones, shirts, or cars (two words).
Down
- 1. This is the subfield of anthropology that incldes those who "dig" up and recover the material remains of past cultures (and they sometimes recover remains of contemporary cultures too).
- 3. This is sometimes defined as "the entire way of life of a group of people" and it is the focus of study for CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS.
- 5. These are days that have symbolic meaning for the members of a culture, and examples include Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), or Easter.
- 7. These are part of our material culture, and you are sitting on one of them while you complete this puzzle.
- 9. So long as a members of culture believe that this caries monetary value, it may be used for exchange (to purchase things), even though anthropoligists note that its meaning is symbolic.(Hint: you likely carry this in your wallet).