Postmodern anthropology:
a. is similar to the cultural materialism because it is an empirical approach.
b. is wedded to the etic point of view and is considered an extreme scientific approach.
c. argues that culture should be understood from several perspectives.
d. aims at the construction of laws and generalizations.
e. focuses specifically on the development of technology and its effect on culture.
c
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Which of the following best describes the anthropological approach to other cultures?
A) Cultural relativism B) Ethnocentrism C) Holistic D) Biological E) Linguistic
Once the mahogany tree has been located, the cuartoneros
a. work quickly to cut the tree and carry it to the nearest road. b. work with the Chimanes scouts to carry the tree by oxcart to the nearest waterway. c. clear a trail from the tree to the nearest large stream or river before doing any further cutting. d. get permission from Bolivian authorities to harvest the tree.
Early states had productive agricultural economies.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
If the splitters are correct __________
a. H. heidelbergensis was an ancestor of H. neandertalensis b. Neandertals and archaic H. sapiens were all part of one potentially interbreeding species c. Neandertals and modern H. sapiens are the same species d. all of these