Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Nucleation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The tendency of populations to cluster in settlements of increasing size and density.

Secular trend

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The tendency over the last hundred or so years for each succeeding generation to mature earlier and become, on the average, larger.

Ethnocentrism

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The tendency to judge the customs of other societies by the standards of one's own ethnographic present Describes the point in time at which a society or culture is frozen when ethnographic data ...

Pressure flaking

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The technique of shaping tools from cryptocrystalline or fine-grained rocks by pressing off small concoidal flakes by flaking tools of antler or bone.