ANTH 1003 - Quiz 4

unstructured

A word that best describes participant observation is

all of the above (learning the local language, becoming involved in people's lives, spending a significant amount of time in the field)

Among cultural anthropologists, fieldwork involves

building trusting relationships with people over a long period of time

Cultural anthropologists do research by

all of the above (aerial surveys, surface surveys, regional surveys, GIS systems)

One of the methods that archaeologists can use to determine potentially useful areas to excavate involves the use of

Phase I

Reconnaissance work in archaeology is also known as:

sedimentary layers are deposited in a time sequence with the oldest on the bottom and the youngest on the top.

The Law of Superposition says that:

seriation

The ability to document changes in pottery styles in non-living societies happens through

uses data from many different societies

The comparative method

all of the above (they go with a set of questions they want to ask and have answered, they often change the focus of their question to fit what they are seeing, they often go with the flow of everyday life, even if it seems off-topic at the time)

When cultural anthropologists go into the field

a study of landscape change

Which project would likely require the assistance of a geomorphologist?