Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Unilineal descent

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Tracing kinship only through a single line of ancestors, male or female--that is, descent links are traced only through ancestors of one gender. See also matrilineal, patrilineal, and cognatic ...

The concept of ownership in which an owner normally can "own" land and other substantial property only as long as it is being used or actively possessed. The society as a whole is the real owner. The ...

Uxorilocal residence

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The residence pattern in which a man moves into his wife's home. If it is with her mother instead, the residence pattern is called matrilocal.

Virilocal residence

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The residence pattern in which a woman moves into her husband's home. If it is with his father instead, the residence pattern is called patrilocal.

Weregeld (also weregild and wergeld; literally blood money)

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The material payment that a murderer must pay to the relatives of his or her victim as compensation for the crime. Once the weregeld has been paid, the crime is essentially expunged and there is no ...