Upper Paleolithic mural art may have been created for a variety of reasons. What are some of these possible reasons and the evidence that suggests them?
What will be an ideal response?
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Define a matriarchy. If anthropologists have encountered one, describe it. If not, provide a description of the closest approximation, and compare it to a patriarchy.
What will be an ideal response?
In what country do we find aboriginal Maori people?
a. Argentina b. Canada c. Australia d. Tasmania e. New Zealand
A perspective in ethnography that uses the concepts and categories of the anthropologist’s culture to describe another culture is called the emic approach
a. True b. False
How could a physician incorporate the culture’s ethnomedicine into an Ojibwan patient’s treatment?
A) Because the Ojibwa emphasize ritual in their healing practices, the physician should bring a traditional healer to work alongside him or her in the hospital. B) The Ojibwa believe that serious illness is retribution for wrongdoing, so the patient should be given an opportunity to make amends along with his or her biomedical treatment. C) The Ojibwa have no concept of germ theory, so the patient should be taught from biology textbooks so he or she will understand the principles of the treatment. D) Because the Ojibwa believe in humors, the doctor should emphasize “hot” or “cold” forms of treatment as appropriate.