Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Horticulture

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Nonindustrial system of plant cultivation in which plots lie fallow for varying lengths of time.

Cultural consultants

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Subjects in ethnographic research; people the ethnographer gets to know in the field, who teach him or her about their culture.

Cline

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A gradual shift in gene frequencies between neighbouring populations.

Vertical mobility

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Upward or downward change in a person's social status.

Daughter languages

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Languages developing out of the same parent language; for example, French and Spanish are daughter languages of Latin.

Hegemony

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

As used by Antonio Gramsci, a stratified social order in which subordinates comply with domination by internalising its values and accepting its "naturalness. "

Melanin

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Substance manufactured in specialised cells in the lower layers of the epidermis (outer skin layer); melanin cells in dark skin produce more melanin than do those in light skin.