Linguistics

1. It helps to get information from various sources.
2. Enables to discover links between different people.
3. It helps to determine dates of historical event e.g. "Aluta continua" (Period of struggle for independence in Mozambique)

1. It consumes time and finance learning a particular language.
2. Through translation, one can commit some important work.
3. The present language may be corrupted.

Is the study of the society's cultural systems, beliefs, ideas etc. The study can give important information about movements, settlements and production activities of the past. This is concerned with the study of existing social institutions and their relationships. The scientific study of the origin, behavior, physical, social and cultural development of humans.

Is a person who studies the above aspects of society; he has to live among those people and learn their culture thereby enabling him to understand the aspects of life of a certain society and to determine the truth about that society.

1. Helps the historian to find traces of the past in the present social structures of the society.
2. Helps the historian to reconstruct the past elements of all cultures.

1. A comparison of the social institutions of various societies over a wide area might indicate the influence of one culture upon another and the time when these cultures developed and spread which may create misunderstanding and hatred between the different societies.
2. The works of anthropology are very limited to time and environment. In the present people may be living in a condition far different from what their ancestors lived; in the long run, the anthropologist will not get the necessary information required in his study.
3. The knowledge of the anthropologist in this case is very important as one can easily exaggerate, underestimate.
4. This method is too tiresome. The anthropologist has to live among the people and learn their culture, which enables him to understand all the different aspects of life of a given society and to determine whether it is authentic and worth studying.