Method. Imagination and conjecture based on secondary sources versus primary sources and scientific method
Ethnocentrism versus objectivity
Ignored diffusion versus accepted diffusion
Culture as unilineal and sequential with all institutions evolving together. General patterns of culture studied and variations ignored. Julian steward multilinear
Savage band animism promiscuity. Barbarian tribe polytheistic polygamy. Civilization state monotheism monogamy.
Belief in psychic unity of man versus no such believe.
Childe
Paleolithic savage
Neolithtic barbaric
Copper age higher barbarism
Early bronze age civilization
Leslie white. Society and ideology rests on technology.
Technological tools and implements
Sentimental totem and taboo
Sociological marriage and kinship
Ideological moral and belief
Critical
Ignore historical and political factors. Too much focus on environment. Priority given to material basis of life.