In the Suriname Maroon society of Saramaka, male and female carvings on calabash gourds are different __________
a. in that females are professional artists while men are not
b. in the kinds of tools each uses as well as the kinds of designs each carves
c. because males travel widely and adopt new styles from neighboring societies
d. because men are professional artists while women are not
b
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What will be an ideal response?
Franz Boas believed that anthropologists
a. should develop theories using the written reports of missionaries, in particular. b. should avoid living with the people they study so as not to influence them. c. should gather more factual information about other cultures by conducting fieldwork. d. All of these are true of Boas.
When anthropologists go to the places that they study in order to experience the culture firsthand, it is called:
a. fieldwork. b. ethnology. c. excavation. d. laboratory analysis. e. field study.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.