Early Anthropologists Assumed Descent Groups Would Be Key to Understanding

question 4

Multiple Choice

Early anthropologists assumed descent groups would be key to understanding each culture's economic,political,and religious dynamics in large part because

• A) their own experience in fieldwork had already established this as true.
• B) the narratives of travelers from other parts of the world reflected this idea.
• C) their own experience as Europeans was the opposite and that this must therefore be true.
• D) their inability to speak local languages resulted in confusion about relationships.

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