Competitive feasting, tribute payments, or offerings to the deities that promoted the development of human agency and, ultimately, of domestication and agriculture is an example of the cultural approach embraced by all of the following except
a. Hodder
b. Braidwood
c. Childe
d. Watkins
e. Binford
e
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Ethnologists differ from sociologists in the extent to which they immerse themselves in the human lives they are studying
a. True b. False
What conclusion can archeologists make about the ancient site of Çatalhöyük?
A. It was temporarily used as a burial ground. B. It had religious and domestic functions. C. The people focused on military defenses. D. The settlement was built over an older Paleolithic site.
Which of the following statements about subcultures is NOT true?
A. Subcultures exemplify "levels of culture." B. Subcultures have different learning experiences. C. Subcultures have shared learning experiences. D. Subcultures may originate in ethnicity, class, region, or religion. E. Subcultures are mutually exclusive; individuals may not participate in more than one subculture.
The fact that individuals who possess favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than those who possess less favorable traits is the basis for which theory?
a. uniformitarianism b. natural selection c. the inheritance of acquired characteristics d. catastrophism e. the fixity of species