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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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Communal cult
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A society with groups of ordinary people who conduct religious ceremonies for the well-being of the total community.
Egalitarian society
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A society that recognises few differences in wealth, power, prestige, or status.
Stratified society
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A society in which extensive subpopulations are accorded differential treatment.
Mano
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A hand-held stone used for grinding vegetable foods on a stone slab or "metate".
Increment borer
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A hand-operated coring device for obtaining tree-ring samples.
Nephrite
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A hard fibrous green to white rock often used for the manufacture of adze-blades. Commonly called jade.
Phratry
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group that typically consists of several clans that extend the rights and obligations of kinship to one another but retain distinct identities.
