An anthropologist studying past cultures through the investigation of artifacts belongs to which subfield?

a. applied anthropology
b. descriptive linguistics
c. biocultural anthropology
d. archaeology


Correct Answer: d

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What will be an ideal response?

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Umajo Uaso, Kenya, has changed in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

a. it has become a refuge for women of domestic violence. b. today the people from this village sell their beaded art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. c. the women in the village do chores that once were done by men. d. they now allow a small number of men to live and work in the village. e. they are now open to tourists who come and buy their art and crafts.

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Distribution of food, especially meat, in forager societies would be defined as __________

a. barter b. balanced reciprocity c. generalized reciprocity d. exchange

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