Most archaeologists today:
a. Subscribe to the extreme postmodern idea that we cannot know anything true about the past.
b. Search for cultural and behavioral universals in the processual tradition.
c. Conduct their research for largely political purposes, seeking to fulfill a political agenda.
d. Adhere to some form of scientific inquiry as a way to evaluate ideas about what happened in the past.
e. Accept universal explanations for what happened in the past.
d
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a. foragers. b. horticulturists. c. pastoralists. d. contemporary industrialists.
Why is it important to remember that the chiefdom and the state, like many categories used by social scientists, are ideal types?
A. They ensure that the field of anthropology remains more scientific. B. They are labels that make social contrasts seem sharper than they really are. C. They are useless in sociopolitical analysis. D. They distinguish political and sociopolitical analyses among social scientists. E. They represent social goals that politicians should strive to achieve.
Most primate males have a(n)
a. pendulous penis. b. attached penis. c. no penis. d. retractable penis.
The term anthropometry refers to ____________ of the human body
a. measurement b. movement c. functions d. structure