Energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence is
a. a method where fluorescent lights are extracted from bone and teeth.
b. a form of archaeological research which focuses on the amount of energy and the way it is dispersed in an excavation.
c. an analytical technique that uses obsidian's trace elements to "fingerprint" an artifact and trace it to its geologic source.
d. an outdated way to source obsidian.
e. a way to determine if material culture was produced locally in terms of energy expenditure (e.g. by males or females.)
c
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a. are always friendly. b. never occur. c. are frequently accompanied by some form of aggression. d. only occur at Gombe. e. none of these
According to Gerhard Lenski (1966), in advanced industrial societies what reduces the polarization between the owning and working classes?
A. off-shoring of low-wage jobs B. less social mobility C. a less complex stratification system D. the growth of the middle class E. a socialist government
As modernization occurs, all of the following changes are likely to follow except:
a. increase in literacy. b. decrease in the role of religion. c. kinship plays a less significant role. d. movement from commercial farming to subsistence production. e. social mobility increases.