anthropological literature

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anthropological
adjective
uk
/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
related to the study of the human race, its culture and society, and its ...
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literature
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.rə.tʃər/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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(Definition ofanthropologicalandliteraturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The first question is inextricably bound up in a broaderanthropologicalliteratureabout pre-state, or ' primitive ', war.
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Thirdly, young people have been largely ignored inanthropologicalliterature.
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His approach draws effectively on the relevant historical andanthropologicalliterature, while remaining fundamentally a political science analysis.
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Surprisingly, however, the evolution of ritual has received short-shrift in theanthropologicalliterature.
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The limitations resulting from using such texts might have been partly overcome by references to the contemporaryanthropologicalliterature.
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These findings are only partly in line with the demographic andanthropologicalliterature.
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Representations of old age prevalent in gerontological andanthropologicalliteraturedisclose an opposition between nature and culture, an opposition which has influenced theories of old age in these respective disciplines.
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This paper makes use of classicanthropologicalliteraturefrom the heyday of lineage theory, more recent work on lineage and kinship, and practice-oriented perspectives on group behavior.
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This derogatory term was also used in much of the early academicanthropologicalliteratureon the area.
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Publication ofanthropologicalliterature, in both paper and microfiche formats began in 1979.
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Inanthropologicalliterature, bride price has often been explained as payment made to compensate the bride's family for the loss of her labor and fertility.
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Many variant myths and creation motifs are so described in ethnographic andanthropologicalliterature.
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Hunting was important, and caribou/wild reindeer may well be the species of single greatest importance in the entireanthropologicalliteratureon hunting.
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Reindeer hunting by humans has a very long history, and caribou/wild reindeer may well be the species of single greatest importance in the entireanthropologicalliteratureon hunting.
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