Ethnographies about Puerto Rican culture written by Julian Steward and Sydney Mintz are important to the history of anthropological research because they
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examine how communities integrate into the modern world system.
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Experimental archaeology is best described as: a. excavating test pits throughout an occupation site in order to test for the boundaries of settlement. b. recreating DNA from ancient humans through polymerase chain reaction and testing evolutionary relationships. c. recreating ancient lifeways by modern paleoanthropologists in order to better understand the past. d. using both paleolithic
methods and modern methods to reconstruct tools and study the brain capacity of earlyhumans. e. excavating sites in geographic conditions similar to what would have existed for our earliest human ancestors.
Suppose you have recently graduated and have been offered a salary position at a reputable accounting firm of $125,000 (including all benefits) per year. After much consideration, you turn down the offer to start your own accounting firm. You pay yourself $75,000 (including all benefits) a year. Which of the following represents the explicit opportunity cost of your time?
A) $125,000 B) $50,000 C) $75,000 D) $100,000
In "Nuer Refugees in America," Shandy notes that the U.S. immigration service has settled the Nuer in about 30 different states because
a. they could not find a single location for them all. b. they feel refugees adapt better if they are scattered in small groups around the country. c. they hoped to prevent the Nuer immigrants from finding each other and building communities here in the United States. d. their safety depends on hiding them among American families so that their political enemies cannot find them.
Nondisjunction can occur in the autosomes but never occurs in the sex chromosomes
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false