The four fields of anthropology
The four fields in American anthropology are usually classified as physical, cultural (or ethnology), linguistics and archeology.
Cultural Anthropology deals with the aspects of human lives that are learned. It examines the way different groups keep societal control, delegate responsibilities and other such learned behaviors.
Physical Anthropology studies the way humans have evolved over time and how different environmental and cultural influences affected human evolution.
Archeology is the study of things humans have created in the past.
Linguistics is the study of how languages are formed, evolve and how culture and language interact with each other.
The divisions are made this way for three main reasons. The first is obvious in that it is impossible for a single anthropologist to be well versed in all four at the same time.
