Prehistoric Cultures -- University of Minnesota Duluth

culture: as a primary concept
- learned
- shared
- transmitted from generation to generation
- based on symbols
- integrated

comparative methods: as major approaches to the study of human behavior development and structure

holism: or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary goal of anthropology

The approach used in this class emphasizes the "holistic" anthropological view which combines observations of "culture" and behavior with considerations of the physical and developmental aspects of humans and their civilizations
Chart: "Anthropology and . . . Its Parts"

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