Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Systematic survey

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Information gathered on patterns of settlement over a large area; provides a regional perspective on the archaeological record.

Family of orientation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Nuclear family in which one is born and grows up.

Chiefdom

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Form of sociopolitical organisation intermediate between the tribe and the state; kin-based with differential access to resources and a permanent political structure. A rank society in which ...

Key cultural consultant

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Person who is an expert on a particular aspect of native life.

Diaspora

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The offspring of an area who have spread to many lands.

Domestic

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Public dichotomy-Contrast between women's role in the home and men's role in public life, with a corresponding social devaluation of women's work and worth.