Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Matrifocal

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Mother-centered; often refers to a household with no resident husband-father.

Patrilocality

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Customary residence with the husband's relatives after marriage, so that children grow up in their father's community.

Schizoid view-of applied anthropology

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The belief that anthropologists should help carry out, but not make or criticize, policy, and that personal value judgments should be kept strictly separate from scientific investigation in applied ...

Kinship calculation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The system by which people in a particular society reckon kin relationships.

Excavation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Digging through the layers of deposits that make up an archaeological site.

Science

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A systematic field of study or body of knowledge that aims, through experiment, observation, and deduction, to produce reliable explanations of phenomena, with reference to the material and physical ...