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Anthropologists and the Third Dimension
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Opening ParagraphCan an anthropologist work with evidence supplied by historical sources? Or rather, can he deal with sources written by foreigners to a culture, data so obviously different from his usual reliance on his own participant observation? The question becomes more relevant each day as more historical data are becoming available about African and Asian societies. In addition trends in theoretical anthropology require more and more diachronic evidence to test or refine existing structural or functional theories.
Title: Anthropologists and the Third Dimension
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Opening ParagraphCan an anthropologist work with evidence supplied by historical sources? Or rather, can he deal with sources written by foreigners to a culture, data so obviously different from his usual reliance on his own participant observation? The question becomes more relevant each day as more historical data are becoming available about African and Asian societies.
In addition trends in theoretical anthropology require more and more diachronic evidence to test or refine existing structural or functional theories.
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