In sidewalk, the sociologist mitch duneier spent a great deal of time interviewing and hanging out with street vendors in new york city. he was especially interested in how power associated with race and class was produced and reproduced in this setting. what sort of sociology was duneier doing?

Ethnography.

An ethnography is the study of a culture of a people. It differs from other types of cultural studies in that it tries to understand the culture from the perspective of the subject. It is most commonly used in anthropology, but has become very popular in the field of sociology and other social sciences.

it depends on which society you are referring to. many civilization performed rituals so the gods would with their growing season but the most well known is that of the aztecs. they would make sacrifices, usually animals, but sometimes humans as well.