Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Natural levels (also stratigraphic levels)

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

An excavation level defined by the original stratigraphic units of the site.

Step-trenching

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

An excavation method employed on very deep sites, such as near eastern tell sites, in which the excavation proceeds downwards in a series of gradually narrowing steps.

An excavation technique developed by Mortimer Wheeler from the work of pitt-rivers, involving the retaining of intact baulks of earth between excavation grid squares, so that different layers can be ...

Negative reciprocity

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

An exchange between enemies or strangers in which each side tries to get the better end of the bargain.

Serial monogamy

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

An exclusive union followed by divorce and remarriage, perhaps many times.

Refutationist view

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Approach which holds that science consists of theories about the empirical world, that its goal is to develop better theories, which is achieved by finding mistakes in existing theories, so that it ...

Methodological individualism (or individualistic m

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Approach to the study of societies which assumes that thoughts and decisions do have agency, and that actions and shared institutions can be interpreted as the products of the decisions and actions ...