anthropological theory

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anthropological
adjective
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/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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theory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθɪə.ri/us
/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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I think the latter can be demonstrated by drawing on models offered byanthropologicaltheory.
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The second part of the essay will examine the proposed continuities in the light ofanthropologicaltheory.
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Appliedanthropologicaltheoryhas shown that the transformation of the symbol can be explained and rationalized through the study of human behavior and psychology.
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Gell starts by stubbornly delineating the boundaries of hisanthropologicaltheoryof art and agency from the sociology of art worlds.
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Contributors explore diverse interrelations between historical andanthropologicaltheory, method and evidence, though with varying degrees of success as these concerns remain implicit in most of the essays.
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Zentella's work is firmly grounded in linguistic andanthropologicaltheory.
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Much of his later research was concerned with the application of cross-culturalanthropologicaltheoryto historical data.
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According to oneanthropologicaltheory, hunter-gatherers were the original affluent society.
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He is one of the key ethnographers of cosmopolitanism, and he draws both on philosophical andanthropologicaltheoryin his analyses.
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Its primary objective is to analyze practical human problems through the application ofanthropologicaltheoryand data.
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In this process, the research became more fieldwork driven, and began to incorporate variousanthropologicaltheoryand techniques.
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He uses published primary and secondary archival sources as evidence combined withanthropologicaltheory.
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A second interest has been to apply the methods of historical reconstruction from linguistic evidence to issues inanthropologicaltheoryand in world history.
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He let the facts speak for themselves, and many of his facts modifiedanthropologicaltheory.
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He has written extensively about art, archaeology, the evolution of hunter-gatherer society and culture, the co-evolution of genes and culture, social change andanthropologicaltheory.
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His writings onanthropologicaltheoryare outstanding.
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These models bridge the gap between behavioral theories that focus on small settings and anthropological theories that analyze larger settings.
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The success of this theory was partly due to anthropological theories based on a tribal paradigm.
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Whether one accepts the etymological connection or not, anthropological theories suggest that ethnic groups are not static ancient nations, but are perpetually changing.
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