Helen Ball’s research on infant co-sleeping at the Durham Infancy and Sleep Center used infrared photography and physiological monitoring of families while they slept in their homes and maternity wards. Using the comparative approach, Ball concluded that

__________ refers to the voluntary actions that people do to help others, even at possible costs to themselves.

Lea Boroditsky is a linguistic anthropologist who studied how different orientation words, such as “north,” “south,” “east,” and “west,” influence how time is perceived. What is Dr. Boroditsky studying?

A ceremony that honors a deceased person, usually by disposing of the person’s remains, is called a

Of the four subfields, linguistic anthropology is the smallest; it emerged in the 19th and early 20th centuries to

What is the difference between a bioarchaologist and a forensic anthropologist? (Chose the best answer)

Although violence can be an effective means to ensure cooperation, elites often rely on __________ to govern through shared norms, legitimating discourses and historical narratives.

Icons, indexes, and symbols are three kinds of __________ that we encounter daily.

Ideas get picked up and moved around, especially through social media, where content is endlessly available. When ideas get moved around through language, this is called

Why does your textbook use the term “Mainstream White American English (MWAE)” rather than “standard English”?