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WVU Anthro. 105 Final Sahady Exam 2025 Questions and Answers What is "culture"? - --CORRECT ANSWER--The body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people. What is cultural relativism? - --CORRECT ANSWER--judging a culture using its own standards instead of your own What is "context" in archaeology and why is it so important? - --CORRECT ANSWER--context includes an assessment of how an archaeological find got there and what has happened to it since it was buried in the ground What is ethnocentrism? - --CORRECT ANSWER--The belief that our own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures What is "participant observation"? - --CORRECT ANSWER--the researcher is involved in the situation What did The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 do? - -CORRECT ANSWER--govern excavation of archaeological sites on federal/Indian lands and the removal of archaeological collections from those sites ....COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1