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A linguistic anthropologist may be interested in code-switching as it affects the society
and evolving culture, but will not tend to focus on the study of code-switching, which
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would be more of an interest to the linguist.
The major difference between the linguists and linguistics anthropologists is that the
former is mainly concerned with the study of how languages, particularly written ones,
are constructed and structured but the linguistic anthropologist’s study unwritten
languages as also written languages. Another crucial difference between linguists and
linguistics anthropologists is that those features which the former take for granted are
taken into consideration by the latter. These features relate to the systems of knowledge,
belief, assumptions and conventions that produce particular ideas at particular times in
the minds of people.

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Q5. Elaborate the relationship of archaeological anthropology with History
Archaeology, Earth Sciences, Relationship with Physical/Natural and
Biological Sciences.
Ans. Archaeological anthropology is the study of past humans and cultures through
material remains. It involves the excavation, analysis and interpretation of artifacts,
soils, and cultural processes. The method of reconstruction of early man in anthropology
is considered a conjunctive one. It is done with the help of many sciences like
geography, geology, archaeology, history, botany, zoology, chemistry, physics and
mathematics are involved in the methodology.Archaeological anthropology is the
mother discipline of the anthropology and it is an important part of the study which
evolved its own methodology.
Relationship with History: The reason for the slow growth and development of the
subdiscipline can only be understood in the study of its history of coming into being
(Penniman, 1965). History says that prehistoric/archaeological anthropology is more
than a hundred and fifty years old. History also points out the nature, time and
sequence of finding of different artifacts and fossil remains unclear and incomplete. On
the basis of history of discoveries, the theory of evolution and understanding of
development, change and diffusionmechanism can be studied. Reconstruction of
cultural history is related to this discipline. By comparing archaeological data with
historical records, thatmake a complete picture of man and culture than either would
have given separately.
Relationship with Archaeology: While Archeology, a subfield of anthropology,
focuses on the material remains produced by human behavior. They carefully remove
from the ground such things as pottery and tools, and they map the locations of houses,
trash pits, and burials in order to learn about the daily lives of a people. They also
analyze human bones and teeth to gain information on a people’s diet and the diseases
they suffered.
Archeologists have developed methods and techniques for the recovery of materials
from both exploration and excavation. After the materials are recovered, they are put

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