Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Cultural anthropology

Pre-contact

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Refers to the period before the first arrival of Europeans in a given area.

Patina

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Crust formed on an artefact by chemical alteration of its surface or accretion of calcium carbonate.

Bilocal residence

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Regular alternation of a married couple's residence between the household or vicinity of the wife's kin and of the husband's kin.

Resistivity metre

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Natural accretions of manganese and iron oxides, together with clay minerals and organic matter, which can provide valuable environmental evidence. Their study, when combined with radiocarbon ...

Knuckle walking

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Semierect quadrupedalism, found in chimpanzees and the gorilla, in which the upper parts of the body are supported by the knuckles rather than the palms.

Bride service

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Service rendered by a man as payment to a family from whom he takes a daughter in marriage.

Rites of intensification

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Rituals intended either to bolster a natural process necessary to survival or to reaffirm the society's commitment to a particular set of values and beliefs.