What are the main methods anthropologists use? Give an example of how urban anthropologists applied these methods to urban environments. 5-8 sentences Solution Anthropologists use both objective,( i.e, scientific) and subjective (interpretive) methods. They also document their work so that other anthropologists can duplicate it. Anthropological research methods include: 1. Cultural Immersion 2. Human Ecology (analysis of how people interact with their environment) 3. linguistic analysis 4. archaeological analysis and 5. Physical Anthropological Research (analysis of human biology) Cultural immersion: anthropologists interact with knowledgeable individuals of a society to record their culture. They also construct genealogies and maps to show how people in communities are related to one another. Human ecology: cultural research is combined with studies of environments. Human ecology examines how people interact with their natural environments. Linguistic Analysis: Language reveals much about a people’s culture. Archaeological Analysis: specialized research methods and tools for the careful excavation and recording of the buried remains of past cultures. Physical Anthropological Research: Paleoanthropologists and forensic anthropologists construct extremely detailed descriptions of people’s lives from only measurements of bones and teeth..

1. What are the main methods anthropologists use? Give an example of how urban anthropologists
applied these methods to urban environments. 5-8 sentences
Solution
Anthropologists use both objective,( i.e, scientific) and subjective (interpretive) methods. They
also document their work so that other anthropologists can duplicate it. Anthropological research
methods include: 1. Cultural Immersion 2. Human Ecology (analysis of how people interact with
their environment) 3. linguistic analysis 4. archaeological analysis and 5. Physical
Anthropological Research (analysis of human biology)
Cultural immersion: anthropologists interact with knowledgeable individuals of a society to
record their culture. They also construct genealogies and maps to show how people in
communities are related to one another.
Human ecology: cultural research is combined with studies of environments. Human ecology
examines how people interact with their natural environments.
Linguistic Analysis: Language reveals much about a people’s culture.
Archaeological Analysis: specialized research methods and tools for the careful excavation and
recording of the buried remains of past cultures.
Physical Anthropological Research: Paleoanthropologists and forensic anthropologists construct
extremely detailed descriptions of people’s lives from only measurements of bones and teeth.