As described in the text, serfs living in medieval Europe lived on and worked on a parcel of land owned by an elite landowner. In return for their labor, they could expect protection and a portion of the food they produced. This dynamic is referred to as

When meeting a new person, Brian is aware that unless he refers to his spouse as his husband, that person will likely assume he is married to a woman. This is an example of

Bioarcheologist Kelly Knudson and her team studied the trophy heads at Nasca sites in southern Peru. Using isotopic data, what were they able to determine about the origins of these heads?

The __________ holds evidence of the earliest emergence of domestication and complex societies.

Bioarcheologist Jonny Geber analyzed the skeletal remains of individuals from Kilkenny Union Workhouse during the Great Famine in Ireland (1845–1852). What did his analysis reveal?

Janine uses archaeological evidence and genetic analyses to find patterns of similarity and difference between human populations over time. Which best describes what Janine is doing?

Early 20th century linguists used __________ to collect data and test predictions about language relatedness carefully and rigorously.

What is an example of domestication?

Icons, indexes, and symbols are three kinds of __________ that we encounter daily.

A ceremony that honors a deceased person, usually by disposing of the person’s remains, is called a