Author Question: Kelly conducted ethnoarchaeological research among the Mikea of Madagascar to answer which of the ... (Read 23 times)

stevenposner · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

Kelly conducted ethnoarchaeological research among the Mikea of Madagascar to answer which of the following questions?

a. Are different lengths of stay in different types of settlements reflected in the material remains left behind at Mikea sites?
b. What are the long-term effects of Mikea slash-and-burn horticulture on soil nutrients?
c. Are different subsistence practices reflected in the material remains left behind at Mikea sites?
d. How do Mikea women herd cattle and pigs,
e. What are the effects of maize and manioc production on the Madagascar economy?

Question 2

The purpose of Binford's ethnoarchaeological research among the Nunamiut Eskimo of Alaska was

a. to document Nunamiut subsistence strategies in order to determine what prehistoric adaptations in other arctic environments may have entailed.
b. to determine how the kinship system of the Nunamiut differed from the kinship systems of cultures in non-marginal environments.
c. to observe living people and see what remains their activities left behind in an attempt to strengthen inferences from archaeological data.
d. to determine the effect of seasonality on Nunamiut hunting practices.
e. to evaluate an inferential argument using archaeological data, because the systemic context can be observed independently of the archaeological data.