The term "ethnography" refers to:
A. analysis of the chemical composition of marble.
B. the study of prehistoric textiles.
C. the study of racial minorities across the world.
D. anthropological descriptions of living or historically known groups of people in different parts of the world.
Answer: D
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If you are conducting archaeological excavation in an area where houses were made in a way similar to that inhabited by Madagascar's Mikea, and you find a house structure that has very consistent post diameters (as determined by the post holes left behind, now filled with decayed wood), what could you infer about the house based on ethnoarchaeological research?
a. Wood resources were sparse. b. It was used as a temporary foraging structure. c. It was likely a permanent house. d. It was a seasonal habitation. e. The north wind blows cold.
Compared with foragers, food collectors rely much more on a few seasonally abundant resources, and their camps often show evidence of specialized processing and storage technologies
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Plotting the distributions of related languages can show information on __________
a. migration, contacts, and conquests in the past b. intermarriage and trade c. globalization d. colonizers and war
The central person from whom the degree of each relationship is traced is called __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word