Research by Ochs and Taylor found that dinnertime conversations in America follow a __________ pattern
a. random
b. father-knows-best
c. mother-knows-best
d. mother-in-the-spotlight
Answer: b
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In certain limited respects, the lives of modern hunter-gatherers parallel the lives of prehistoric human groups
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The purpose of Binford's ethnoarchaeological research among the Nunamiut Eskimo of Alaska was
a. to document Nunamiut subsistence strategies in order to determine what prehistoric adaptations in other arctic environments may have entailed. b. to determine how the kinship system of the Nunamiut differed from the kinship systems of cultures in non-marginal environments. c. to observe living people and see what remains their activities left behind in an attempt to strengthen inferences from archaeological data. d. to determine the effect of seasonality on Nunamiut hunting practices. e. to evaluate an inferential argument using archaeological data, because the systemic context can be observed independently of the archaeological data.
What are some advantages of x-ray fluorescence?
a. It does not destroy the artifact and only a small sample is needed. b. The equipment needed to perform the procedure is portable so the raw material can be courced in the field. c. It can be used on both organic and inorganic material. d. It can be used to date the time the artifact was manufactured. e. It destroys the fingerprints, or quantities of trace elements.
A functioning whole, composed of both the natural environment and all the organisms living within it, is called:
a. culture b. cultural adaptation c. cultural ecology d. ecosystem