Many ethnographic accounts of food foragers asserted that postmarital residence was always patrilocal,with wives going to live near,or with,the husband's parents.More recent studies indicate that patrilocal residence was a response to European colonialism and that traditional postmarital residence arrangements were actually flexible.What type of anthropologist likely made the studies that led to this finding?
A) an archaeologist
B) an ethnoarchaeologist
C) an ethnologist
D) an ethnohistorian

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Ethnohistorians study historical records and oral histories to understand cultural changes over time, making them likely to uncover shifts in postmarital residence patterns due to colonial influences.

Many Ethnographic Accounts of Food Foragers Asserted That Postmarital Residence