Question

studying material culture is important to anthropologists because
the way people deal with artifacts is shaped by the cultural meanings people attach to those artifacts
material objects have obvious functional meanings that are the same for everyone
the same object can mean different things to different people
both a and c

Explanation:

Anthropologists study material culture as the cultural meanings people assign to artifacts shape how they interact with them, and the same object can have different meanings across individuals. Material objects don't have universal functional meanings.

Answer:

D. both a and c