Assigning the artifacts catalog numbers and carefully cataloging all the finds from each site is important to archaeologists because
a. it makes them easier to market and sell.
b. the Smithsonian Institution recommends the practice.
c. the artifact's original provenience and context will not be lost.
d. it is relatively easy and not time consuming; it helps to focus distracted lab workers.
e. it is federal law.
c
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The horizontal function of kinship provides social continuity across generations
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The belief that one's own culture or way of life is normal and natural; using ones own culture to evaluate and judge the practices and ideas of others
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Barrows, such as those at Borum Eshøj, are
A. Iron Age houses. B. Bronze Age farms. C. Neolithic settlements. D. Bronze Age burial mounds.
The ethnographic study of adolescent drug dealers is best considered a part of which specialty of cultural anthropology?
a. Political anthropology b. Medical anthropology c. Urban anthropology d. Environmental anthropology e. Educational anthropology