A major theoretical debate exists in cultural anthropology today between __________
A) applied anthropologists and archaeologists
B) cultural materialists and interpretivist anthropologists
C) ecological anthropologists and economic anthropologists
D) psychological anthropologists and medical anthropologists
Answer: B
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