ethnological
Americanadjective
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The writing has something in common with Annie Ernaux’s unsparing ethnological studies, except that Ms. Riley’s book consists of a patchwork of narratives whose thematic connections are only subtly suggested.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The scientists said body scans, skull measurements, DNA studies and ethnological characteristics guided their reconstruction.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023
Then “body scans, DNA studies, ethnological characteristics, age, complexion” were used in the facial reconstruction, the university said in a statement.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023
Does our conception of a modern-day ethnological museum need a dramatic rethink?
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023
While the chief value of the present work lies in its ethnological significance, it is highly interesting as an historical description of natural conditions west of the Mississippi, 20 seventy years ago.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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