Complex sentence: Sharpe argues that this form of historical scholarship needs to be concretely linked to its place in history (e.g. its antecedents, consequences, etc) in a manner similar to what anthropologists call "thick description".
Split into simpler sentences: Sharpe argues that this form of historical scholarship needs to be concretely linked to its place in history (e.g. its antecedents, consequences, etc). In a manner similar to what anthropologists call "thick description".