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What are the 4 characteristics of culture?

How can we distinguish between cultural behavior and non cultural behavior?

Are humans the only species with behaviors that exhibit the characteristics of culture?

Do nonhuman primates exhibit culture?

How might the structure of the brain be related to our cultural ability?

How can we study the vast variety of cultural systems in the world in an organized and logical fashion?

What is worldview, and how can it help us to understand and compare other cultures?

How can a necktie help us to understand cultural artifacts and their meaning?

How do we reconstruct past cultural systems from their material artifacts?

What sorts of things can we learn about New England culture and culture in general from studying gravestones?

How do we locate, excavate, and date archaeological sites?

What has archaeological research told us about the history of stone tool manufacture, abstract thought, and domestication?

How does research on stone tool manufacture, abstract thought, and domestication reflect a basic assumption of archaeology: the relationship between material culture and cultural systems?







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