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”?

Which of the following best describes an egalitarian society?

Nancy Levine is a cultural anthropologist who studied family arrangements in Tibetan villages where people managed limited land in high-altitude valleys. What was the most common marriage pattern she found during her research?

Relics from past civilizations, in the form of cultural affiliation, is the definition of what?

To create meaning and signal it to others, we __________ language. To take meaning from what others signal, we __________ the signs language carries.