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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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Cultural anthropology
Subordinate
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The lower, or underprivileged, group in a stratified system.
Law
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A legal code, including trial and enforcement; characteristic of state-organized societies.
Personalistic disease theories
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Theories that attribute illness to sorcerers, witches, ghosts, or ancestral spirits.
Intervention philosophy
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Guiding principle of colonialism, conquest, missionization, or development; an ideological justification for outsiders to guide native peoples in specific directions.
Cultural resource management (CRM)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The branch of applied archaeology aimed at preserving sites threatened by dams, highways, and other projects.
Semiperiphery
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Structural position in the world system intermediate between core and periphery.
General anthropology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The field of anthropology as a whole, consisting of cultural, archaeological, biological, and linguistic anthropology.
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