Learning another language is _______

a. seldom part of the anthropologist's preparation for fieldwork
b. always accomplished before the anthropologist enters the field site
c. necessary only when an interpreter cannot be found
d. an important part of the tradition of anthropological fieldwork
e. required in fieldwork, whether or not the anthropologist travels to another country


ANSWER:
d

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