The expectations that people in power have about literacy and its consequences can affect other peoples' access to status and power
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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In "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," Gmelch notes that female students from the U.S. find it nearly impossible to conduct fieldwork in Barbados because they are unwittingly disrespectful to Barbadians
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The term "pastoralism" refers to a way of life characterized by the central importance of __________
A. planting, harvesting, and storing a particular grain B. seasonal nomadism to obtain wild plant and animal resources C. the maintenance of herds of domesticated animals D. a full-time religious leader
Which of the following statements is true of a site grid?
A. It is marked out across the surface of a site after excavation. B. It represents distances in yards and miles south and west of the baselines at the edge of excavations. C. It represents a coordinate system, usually with lines running north-south and east-west at regular intervals. D. It is used for all vertical measurements of an excavation site.
In general, societies with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex are NOT characterized by
A. male control of prestige goods. B. a strongly developed domestic-public dichotomy. C. increased inter-village warfare. D. inheritance of land and prestige through female lines. E. scarce resources.