The purpose of Binford's ethnoarchaeological research among the Nunamiut Eskimo of Alaska was
a. to document Nunamiut subsistence strategies in order to determine what prehistoric adaptations in other arctic environments may have entailed.
b. to determine how the kinship system of the Nunamiut differed from the kinship systems of cultures in non-marginal environments.
c. to observe living people and see what remains their activities left behind in an attempt to strengthen inferences from archaeological data.
d. to determine the effect of seasonality on Nunamiut hunting practices.
e. to evaluate an inferential argument using archaeological data, because the systemic context can be observed independently of the archaeological data.
c
You might also like to view...
Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age, location, and significance.Glume
What will be an ideal response?
National character studies have focused on the modal characteristics of emerging Third World countries
a. True b. False
The Native Australian wooden wind instrument that is a popular "tribal" instrument known for its unique tonality is called a didgeridoo.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A lineal kinship terminology
A. stresses relationships with collaterals. B. uses the same term to refer to M and MZ. C. is often found in association with the distinction between parallel and cross cousins. D. is generally found in societies with patrilineal descent rules. E. uses two terms to identify ego's parents' siblings: one term for both FZ and MZ and another term for both FB and MB.