Covers 80 key ideas in cultural anthropology. Etymological development and current definitions of 74 basic concepts in physical anthropology. This dictionary is intended to convey the critical spirit of anthropological inquiry to students of social and cultural anthropology. The work includes biographical material on anthropologists born before 1920. Bennett Reference GN 11 S48 3.
Encyclopedias are sources of histories and background information on various subject disciplines.
This work contains articles, written by various authors, on the three subject areas mentioned in the sub-title. This encyclopedia encompasses the full circle of anthropological knowledge. It is an encyclopedia of anthropology, not an encyclopedia about anthropology. Cultural anthropology is the most diverse and eclectic of all the social and behavioral disciplines. This encyclopedia is a compendium of knowledge produced by and relevant to cultural anthropology.