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Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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Polyandry

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Marriage between one woman and two or more men simultaneously.

Fraternal polyandry

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Marriage of one woman with a set of brothers.

Exogamy

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Marriage outside a particular group with which one is identified.

Sediment

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Material that was suspended in water and that settles at the bottom of a body of water.

Temper

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Materials added to clay in the manufacture of ceramic artifacts, to prevent cracking during firing. Could include vegetal fibers, feathers, rock fragments, sand, or ground-up pot-sherds.

Mammals

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Members of the class mammalia, a class of the subphylum vertebrata, that are characterised by a constant level of activity independent of external temperature and by mammary glands, hair or fur, ...

Placental mammals

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Members of the infraclass eutheria of the class mammalia; mammals that form a placenta.

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