Question

Since the late 1800s, anthropologists studying politics and power focused on hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, and horticulturalists. Beginning in the 1960s, anthropologists began studying state societies, and developed the specialization called political anthropology. Identify whether or not these are characteristics of the beginnings of political anthropology.

Characteristic of Early Political Anthropology:

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Not a Characteristic of Early Political Anthropology:

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-Early political anthropology developed after World War II.

-Early political anthropologists created a typology to organize different political systems.

-Early political anthropologists sometimes used the words band and tribe interchangeably.

-Early political anthropology rejected typologies in favor of ethnographic descriptions.

Answer 1

Characteristic of Early Political Anthropology:

-Early political anthropologists sometimes used the words band and tribe interchangeably.

Not a Characteristic of Early Political Anthropology:

-Early political anthropology developed after World War II.
-Early political anthropologists created a typology to organize different political systems.
-Early political anthropology rejected typologies in favor of ethnographic descriptions.

Early political anthropology developed prior to World War II, and early political anthropologists created a typology to organize different political systems. Early political anthropology also rejected ethnographic descriptions in favor of typologies. Therefore, the only option that is a characteristic of early political anthropology is that early political anthropologists sometimes used the words band and tribe interchangeably.