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Cultural anthropology
Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.
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Rites of passage
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Rituals that mark a person's transition from one set of socially identified circumstances to another.
Avunculocal residence
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Residence of a married couple with or near a brother of the husband's mother who is usually a senior member of his matrilineage.
Hegemony
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Preponderant influence or authority of one individual or social group over another.
Punctuated equilibria
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Principal feature of the evolutionary theory propounded by Niles Eldredge and Stephen j. Gould, in which species change is represented as a form of darwinian gradualism "punctuated" by periods of ...
Fictive kin
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Persons such as godparents, compadres, "blood brothers," and old family friends whom children call "aunt" and "uncle".
Petroglyph
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Pictures, symbols, or other art work pecked, carved or incised on natural rock surfaces.
Utilised material
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Pieces of stone that have been used without modification.
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