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Although Mauss could be considered a classic anthropologist, why is he best described as 'preclassic'?
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Mauss is Durkheimian in approach, and thus has more in common with the preclassic anthropologists.
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Did Durkheim engage in field work?
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No, Durkheim did not engage in field work. Durkheim and Mauss were both "armchair anthropologists".
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List at least seven contributions Boas made towards anthropology.
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cultural relativism; participant observation; statistical analysis; learn local language; use physical anthro to tackle political and practical problems; destruction of 'fixed racial types'; look at variation within and between groups.
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In a lecture in 1911, Rivers announced that he was no longer a "_____ ______", but a "_____".
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Cultural evolutionist; diffusionist.
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How does Frazer explain puzzling cultural customs?
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By looking at parallels.
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What is Tylor's focus?
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As a cultural evolutionist, Tylor's focus is on material evolution, and religious evolution, including mythology.
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Morgan's first full-length ethnography,"League of the Iroquois" shows a wide range of interests, including...(name 7)
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field work; kinship and marriage; cultural change; applied anthro; animal/human comparisons; architecture/house types; and archaeology.
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According to Tylor, are maternal/paternal systems always in coexistence, and do they represent stages?
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No, they are not always in coexistence, and they do not represent stages but two ways of organizing.
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Who composed the first ethnographies on the Huron people, and why did these people produce relatively good ethnographies?
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The French missionaries; they lived with the Hurons for a long time, they spoke the native language, they were relatively less prejudiced and they could be considered relatively intellectually competent.
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From McLellan's time to WWII, these 2 anthropologists were important to the study of Totemism.
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Spencer and Gillen.
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What was Rivers' focus?
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Kinship and social organization.
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Which of these anthropologists conducted field work: Morgan, Tylor, Frazer, Durkheim, Mauss, Rivers, Boas.
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Morgan, Rivers and Boas.
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Who developed "Cephalic Index" and what is it?
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Cephalic Index (racist idea) was developed by Anders Retzius.It is [max. breadth/max. length x 100].
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What major contribution did Boas make to the way in which anthropology is studied in North America?
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Boas introduced the 4-field approach.
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Explain the terms monogenesis and polygenesis.
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Monogenesis = one origin; and
Polygenesis = many origins. |