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• Abstracts in Anthropology
  ...ropology [[research]] from journal sources. Covers Cultural and Physical [[Anthropology]], [[Archaeology]] and [[Linguistics]]. It is updated yearly and coverage i [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Encyclopedia of Anthropology
  ...tion, primate [[behavior]], [[genetics]], [[ancient civilization]]s, cross-cultural studies, social theories, and the [[value]] of human [[language]] for [[sym [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body
  '''''Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body''''' Explores the human body alphabetically by par [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• SocINDEX with Full Text
  ...elopment, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substanc
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• Mores
  ==Anthropology== ...ethnicity or a nation. Coping with the [[differences]] between two sets of cultural [[conventions]] is a question of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercultur
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• Ethnic
  ...r [[conquest]], had become subject to a state or "nation" with a different cultural mainstream.— with the first usage of the term ethnic group in 1935, and e ...[[racial]], [[nation]]al, [[tribal]], [[religious]], [[linguistic]], or [[cultural]] [[origin]] or background <ethnic minorities> <ethnic enclaves>
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• Dictionary of the Social Sciences
  ...y]], [[sociology]], [[political science]], [[economics]], human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism in one volume, the Dictionary presents concise, clearl
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• Ancestry
  ...oriented cultural [[contexts]] display less veneration of elders. In other cultural contexts, some people seek [[providence]] from their deceased ancestors; th [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Monogamy
  ...cal]] [[data]] suggests many [[societies]] prefer polygamous marriage as a cultural ideal. There are multiple forms of nonmonogamy that are used to organize fa [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Cannibalism
  ...Korowai are one of very few tribes still believed to eat human flesh as a cultural practice. It is also still known to be practiced as a ritual and in war in ...d to test the bounds of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_relativism cultural relativism] as it challenges anthropologists "to define what is or is not b
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• Indigenous
  ...eople" for certain [[purposes]] has criteria which would seek to include [[cultural]] [[groups]] (and their continuity or [[association]] with a given region, * alongside other cultural groups during the formation of a nation-state; or
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• Archaeology
  ...and a humanity, and in the United States it is thought of as a branch of [[anthropology]], although in Europe it is viewed as a separate [[discipline]]. ...gy has various [[goals]], which range from studying human [[evolution]] to cultural evolution and understanding culture [[history]].
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• Artifacts
  ...ts of modern [[society]] are also cultural artifacts. For example, in an [[Anthropology|anthropological]] [[context]], a television is an artifact of modern cultur
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• Kiss
  ...ips against the lips or other [[body]] parts of another or of an object. [[Cultural]] connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and [[conte [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Embalm
  ...ng has a very long and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-cultural cross-cultural] [[history]], with many [[cultures]] giving the embalming [[processes]] a g [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Cemetery
  ...[death]] are [[observed]]. These ceremonies or rites differ according to [[cultural]] [[practice]] and [[religious]] [[belief]]. [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Tribalism
  ...y]] to one's own tribe or [[social]] [[group]]: a society [[motivated]] by cultural tribalism. ''Tribalism'' implies the [[possession]] of a strong cultural or [[ethnic]] [[identity]] that [[separates]] one member of a group from th
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• Affinity
  ...law]] and in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_anthropology cultural anthropology], '''affinity''', as distinguished from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cons
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• Secondary Corpus
  ====[[Anthropology]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Anthropology]==== Study of [[earth]] in terms of physical, spatial, and [[cultural]] relationships.
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• Ritual
  ==Anthropology== ...st basic elements ritual is one of many [[cultural universals]], yet cross-cultural variation in form, content and social function is often great. Of particul
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• Cult
  ...and churches. By extension, "cult" has come to connote the total [[culture|cultural]] aspects of 'a' religion, as they are distinguished from others through di ...comparative study of cult practice is part of the [[discipline]]s of the [[anthropology]] of [[religion]] and the [[sociology]] of religion, two aspects of compara
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• 83:6 True Marriage—Pair Marriage
  ...php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites] and has been of great [[cultural]] [[value]] to all advanced races. [[Category: Anthropology/TeaM]]
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• Veil
  ...ance of social distance and the [[communication]] of [[social status]] and cultural identity. The [[Quran]] has no requirement that women cover their faces wit [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Taboo
  ...ki/Captain_James_Cook Captain James Cook], visited Tonga. Describing the [[cultural]] [[practices]] of the Tongans, he wrote: [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• The Helianx Propostion/page 9
  In this way the Helianx became the first of the early cosmic cultural [[anthropology|anthropologists]], accumulating vast libraries of holographic recordings of
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• Language
  ...than to define, and no unitary definition is offered here. Instead, what [[Anthropology|anthropologists]] and [[Linguistics|linguists]] mean by language is better ...fined and whose membership may expand or contract, depending on social and cultural consensus. They are all "dialects" because, at different levels, they all r
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• Caveman
  ...orm of [[shelter]]. [[Expressions]] such as "living in a cave" have become cultural [[metaphors]] for a modern human who displays traits of great [[ignorance]] [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• The Candle Experience
  The [[Butler TeaM]] used them extensively as [[social]] lubricants and cultural [[stimuli]]; we used them to help direct the [[agenda]]. It was not uncommo [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Socialization
  ...cial roles, [[language]] and [[symbols]] is the ‘means by which social and cultural continuity are attained’ (Clausen 1968: 5). ...immel [[concept]] was incorporated into various branches of psychology and anthropology (1968: 31-52).
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• 87:4 Good and Bad Spirit Ghosts
  ...man]] [[philosophy]]; most of the world's [[religions]] still carry this [[cultural]] birthmark of the long-gone days of the [[emerging]] [[ghost]] [[cults]]. [[Category: Anthropology/TeaM]]
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• Betrothal
  :This is no longer widely practised, with the exception of a small number of cultural communities (e.g. limited groups of conservatives in Israel, India), and mo [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Atavism
  In the [[social sciences]], ''atavism'' is a cultural tendency—for example, people in the [[modern]] era reverting to the ways [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Cross
  ...ropean [[cult]] [[caves]], dating back to the earliest [[stages]] of human cultural [[development]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_age stone age]. [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Mana
  ...e [[traditional]] Pacific notions of mana as a [[quality]]. The Polynesian Cultural Centre in Hawaii billed one of its flamboyant stage shows as ‘Mana’; an [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Religion
  ...d explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically-based, and cross-cultural perspectives. ...tudies draws upon multiple disciplines and their methodologies including [[anthropology]], [[sociology]], [[psychology]], [[philosophy]], and [[history]] of religi
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• Society
  ...n organized group of people associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes. .../www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/anthro2003/glues/model_complex.html] The Cultural Evolution of Civilizations].
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• 82:6 Racial Mixtures
  ...ut most of the objections to such [[experiments]] rest on [[social]] and [[cultural]] [[prejudices]] rather than on [[biological]] [[considerations]]. Even amo [[Category: Anthropology/TeaM]]
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• 63:6 Onagar—The First Truth Teacher
  63:6.1 As the Andonic [[dispersion]] extended, the [[cultural]] and [[spiritual]] [[status]] of the [[clans]] [[retrogressed]] for nearly [[Category: Anthropology/TeaM]]
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• Human
  ...ch, combined with the human [[desire]] for self-[[expression]], has led to cultural innovations such as [[art]], [[literature]] and [[music]]. [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Anthropology
  ...imary methods, and the text that is written as a result of the practice of anthropology and its elements. ...Cultural relativism|cultural relativity]] and the use of findings to frame cultural critiques. This has been particularly prominent in the United States, from
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• Hope
  ...tuality]]. This approach incorporates contributions from [[psychology]], [[anthropology]], [[philosophy]] and [[theology]] as well as classical and contemporary [[
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• Gesture
  ...gle emblematic gesture can a have very different significance in different cultural [[contexts]], ranging from complimentary to highly offensive. * Kendon, Adam (1997). Annual Review of Anthropology. 26: 109-128.
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• 87:7 Nature of Cultism
  ...grasps for some perpetuating [[symbolism]]—seeks some [[technique]] for [[cultural]] [[manifestation]] which will insure [[survival]] and augment [[realizatio [[Category: Anthropology/TeaM]]
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• Kowtowing
  ...uperiors, and especially the [[Emperor]], as well as for [[religious]] and cultural objects of [[worship]]. In [[modern]] times, usage of the kowtow has become [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Mantras
  ...cked a unifying, ecclesiastic language like [[Sanskrit]], and achieved its cultural unity by having a written language that was flexible in pronunciation but m [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Identity
  ...that a person might play, known as either the ''social identity'' or the ''cultural identity''. Erikson's work, in the psychodynamic tradition, aimed to invest ==Identity in social anthropology==
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• Hippie
  ...ure have been [[assimilated]] by [[mainstream]] society. The religious and cultural [[diversity]] espoused by the hippies has gained widespread acceptance, and [[Category: Anthropology]]
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• Social Status
  In [[sociology]] or [[anthropology]], '''social status''' is the honor or prestige attached to one's position ...the dominance of cultural capital early on by stating that “differences in cultural capital mark the differences between the classes” (Bourdieu 69).
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• Racism
  ...ps of people, although anyone may be discriminated against on an ethnic or cultural basis, independently of their somatic differences. According to the United ...human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life. '[3]</blockquote>
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• Cultural
  ...ocial interactions, statuses and institutions, and [[cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologists]] focus on norms and values. This division of labor reflec ...civilized than others, and some people as more cultured than others. Some cultural theorists have thus tried to eliminate popular or mass culture from the def
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