Although the text uses the term "Other" to refer to the nonÂWestern peoples anthropology used to focus on, the term is problematic because
a. it is not easily understood by non-anthropologists.
b. it is not a very convenient shorthand to use.
c. using the term is ethnocentric.
d. the concept of Other is based on cultural relativism.
c
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Systematic survey and excavation
A. are techniques of the past that have been replaced by remote sensing and digital photography. B. are the two major components of fieldwork in molecular anthropology. C. are the two major components of fieldwork in archaeology and paleoanthropology. D. are techniques that have been discouraged because they lead to negative environmental impacts. E. yield better results when the study team is small.
By recording the provenience of all artifacts encountered in situ during Gatecliff's excavations, the archaeologists were trying to
a. document differences in artifact sequences through time. b. obtain information that would allow them to reconstruct the activities that took place n discrete living floors. c. determine the depth of time represented by the deposits in the rockshelter. d. speed up the excavation process without losing important information. e. clarify chronology.
In which period did we first find large amounts of non-functional figurative art commonly present in the archaeological record?
a. Lower Paleolithic b. Middle Paleolithic c. Upper Paleolithic d. Solutrean e. Mousterian
Neandertal subsistence was based on
a. hunting using spear throwers. b. hunting large mammals. c. intense agriculture. d. horticulturalism. e. herding domesticated animals.