William Rathje's Garbage Study to Analyze the Behavior of Residents

question 19

Multiple Choice

William Rathje's garbage study to analyze the behavior of residents of Tucson, Arizona, is an example of what field of anthropology?

• A) classical archaeology
• B) ethnographic fieldwork
• C) ethnology
• D) historic archaeology
• E) contemporary excavation

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