The massive basalt heads found at La Venta are thought to represent

A. were-jaguars.
B. danzantes.
C. portraits of early rulers.
D. captives.


C

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a. photographed their houses and children. b. ignored their tour guides. c. asked them the most questions. d. arrived in the village by themselves rather than in a tour group.

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When a father-to-be experiences pain and exhaustion while the mother gives birth, anthropologists refer to the phenomenon as __________

A) birth envy B) couvade C) matrescence D) narcissism

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According to Shandy in "Nuer Refugees in America," Nuer boys go through a painful initiation ceremony called the

a. IDP ceremony. b. gaar ceremony. c. cicatrization ceremony. d. ngoya ceremony.

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The use of psychic power to cause harm to others by supernatural means is known as:

a. sorcery. b. magic. c. witchcraft. d. totemism.

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