What four-field subdivision of anthropology did Boas create?
Archaeology, Material Culture and History, Physical Anthropology, Ethnology and Descriptive Linguistics
Sociology, Psychology, Linguistics, Archaeology
Biology, Sociology, Psychology, Linguistics
Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Linguistics
Answer
Boas united the disciplines of archaeology, the study of material culture and history, and physical anthropology, the study of variation in human anatomy, with ethnology, the study of cultural variation of customs, and descriptive linguistics, the study of unwritten indigenous languages, creating the four-field subdivision of anthropology.
Unraveling the Legacy: The Fascinating World of Franz Boas
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