> I don't see how the early anthropologists would be so bored with this tribe. The stereotypical anthropologist studies foreign tribes by interviewing their me

> I don't see how the early anthropologists would be so bored with this tribe. The stereotypical anthropologist studies foreign tribes by interviewing their members and observing their rituals. Rituals are particularly important because they yield a lot of data about a tribe's traditions and belief systems. But if the subjects refuse to chat and don't seem to hold any rituals over the course of a year, I can imagine why the anthropologist might get bored. He's not bored because his subjects are uninteresting. He's bored (or rather, frustrated) because he's unable to do the work that he came here to do.