Which of These Would Be Most Typical of an Anthropologist

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of these would be most typical of an anthropologist describing a culture in the ethnographic present?

• A)an anthropologist explaining the history of a kinship ritual from the past to the present
• B)an anthropologist discussing the daily life of a hunter and gatherer society as if they were happening now,but drawn from research material from several decades ago
• C)an anthropologist describing the cultural practices of a particular society within the last year
• D)an anthropologist describing the cultural practices of a particular society that occurred no more than ten years ago

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