Anthropological terms

3. - Material objects created, used, or modified by a culture.
5. Evolution - The theory that all cultures evolve through the same series of stages.
7. - The study of ancient societies through their material remains.
8. - A ceremonial act or a series of such acts prescribed by tradition or religion.
9. - The practice of marrying within a specific social group, caste, or ethnicity.
11. - The exchange of goods and services without using money.
14. - A set of beliefs or theories about the origin and nature of the universe.
15. - A social system in which men hold primary power.
16. - The practice of exchanging goods and services to build and maintain social relationships.
19. - A system in which descent is traced through the father.
21. Ecology - The study of human adaptations to social and physical environments.
22. Anthropology - The study of human physical variation and evolution.
23. - The smallest unit of cultural knowledge that can be transmitted from one individual to another.

1. - A method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree rings.
2. - The study of language and its structure.
4. - The study of human origins, development, and cultural diversity.
6. - A system in which descent is traced through the mother.
10. Method - Research method involving participant observation and immersive study of a culture.
12. - The belief in or worship of more than one god.
13. Selection - Evolutionary theory focusing on the adaptation of organisms to their environment.
17. - The study of human skeletal remains.
18. - The systematic study and recording of human cultures.
20. - A social status that one is born into and has little control over.