Field Work in Anthropology

To produce ethnography,anthropologists do fieldwork.It is the rite of passage that makes an anthropologist.The oldest guide to fieldwork is Note and Queries in Anthropology which first appeared in 1874.Note and Queries was produced by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.The section on culture was written by E.B Taylor.Its purpose is to guide interested travellers,government administrators and missionaries as well as anthropologists on the kinds of questions to ask and material to record in the field.Notes and Queries was revised and edited in 1951 by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.