Author Question: The method that compares diachronic data while controlling for historical and environmental factors ... (Read 45 times)

leo leo · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

The method that compares diachronic data while controlling for historical and environmental factors is called

a. cross-cultural comparisons.
b. ethnology.
c. controlled comparisons.
d. ethnohistoric fieldwork.

Question 2

Cross-cultural comparisons made using collections of ethnographic data are ahistorical. This means that

a. the ethnographic descriptions of cultures are treated as timeless and unchanging.
b. the ethnographic information is not dated; there is no record of the years which it covers.
c. they only address nonliterate cultures.
d. All of these are true in regards to the ahistorical nature of comparative research.