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 ecology

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A term devised by Julian Steward to account for the dynamic relationship between human society and its environment, in which culture is viewed as the primary adaptive mechanism.

Neolithic Revolution

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A term coined by v. G. Childe in 1941 to describe the origin and consequences of farming (i.e. The development of stock raising and agriculture), allowing the widespread development of settled ...

A term coined by the historian Waller stein to designate an economic unit, articulated by trade networks extending far beyond the boundaries of individual political units (nation states), and linking ...

Primitive valuables

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A term coined by Dalton to describe the tokens of wealth and prestige, often of specially valued items, that were used in the ceremonial exchange systems of non-state societies; examples include the ...

Provisional site designation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A temporary code or number applied to newly located sites during site-surveying, until a final borden system number can be assigned.

Thin-section analysis

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A technique whereby microscopic thin sections are cut from a stone object or potsherd and examined with a petrological microscope to determine the source of the material.

Metallographic examination

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A technique used in the study of early metallurgy involving the microscopic examination of a polished section cut from an artifact. Which has been etched so as to reveal the metal structure.