Why Do Ethnographers Typically Spend at Least a Year Living

Why do ethnographers typically spend at least a year living with the people they are studying?

A) sometime in the past an anthropologist stayed one year and this set the pattern
B) it takes that long to collect data for a detailed description of customary behavior
C) it can be done in a month, but research grants will pay for the whole year
D) actually, no one ever stays that long because of illnesses, etc.

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