Anthropologists should be cautious about drawing inferences about the past from modern foragers because __________.
A) foraging is a recent phenomenon among modern humans
B) foraging groups have been changing and evolving over time
C) horticultural groups provide a better model for past cultures
D) modern foragers rely on sophisticated technologies to obtain food
B) foraging groups have been changing and evolving over time
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What is archaeology's contribution to modern society?
What will be an ideal response?
According to Edward Sapir, vocabulary reflects __________
a. the degree of advancement in a society b. what is culturally important to a people c. educational level d. the environment
All can be problematic when attempting to conduct large-scale cross-cultural comparative studies EXCEPT which of the following?
a. data may not be comparable b. practices and traits may be taken out of their full cultural contexts c. imputing causality d. no database exists that codifies all known cultural facts and details about the world's peoples
Which of the following is known to be true of Shoshone pottery?
a. It appears suddenly in many parts of the Desert West at about 700 BP and similar pottery is manufactured until about 150 BP. b. The pottery was introduced by a migrating Shoshone population that replaced existing desert populations. c. The shift to pottery manufacture by Shoshone people was a direct result of changing environmental conditions that made ceramic vessels more efficient. d. It was made by the Shoshone people until about 1500. e. As a time marker it tells us why the pottery was made.