Lexic.us

Definition of Descriptive anthropology

1. Noun. The branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Descriptive Anthropology

Literary usage of Descriptive anthropology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1866)
"I have heard it remarked during the past year, that the terms descriptive anthropology and comparative anthropology are defective, inasmuch as we cannot ..."

2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1918)
"Wundt's psychology is descriptive anthropology. His method is descriptive and historical. He divides the stages of culture into four: (1) primitive man, ..."

3. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1877)
"descriptive anthropology gives an account of investigations concerning extinct or extant tribes of men. The former study is also called Archaeology, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"Ethnography—Geographic and descriptive anthropology. IV. Archaeology—Prehistoric and Reconstructive Anthropology. Professor Miiller does not see the need of ..."

5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"This constitutes descriptive anthropology. Numerous physiological differences coincide with the physical differences. ..."

Other Resources: