material culture
the aggregate of physical objects or artifacts used by a society.
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Origin of material culture
1- Compare nonmaterial culture.
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How to use material culture in a sentence
Young is a collector, a “real material culture person,” Alexander adds.
Lyrical leadership: Kevin Young, a poet, is now running the African American Museum | Peggy McGlone | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostA spiritual culture can be anarchical, a material culture must be disciplined.
Los Angeles: “A Humming, Smoking, Ever-Changing Contraption” | Colin Marshall | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe objects that early humans made and used, known as the Middle Stone Age material culture, are found throughout much of Africa and include a vast range of innovations.
How new discoveries in west Africa could rewrite pre-history | Eleanor Scerri | April 17, 2021 | Quartz“This is the material culture of the Navy,” said Jay Thomas, assistant director for collection management at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington.
Giant anchors, wrecked boats and a ‘Liberty’ clock: Inside the storage site for Navy museum | Michael Ruane | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostRichard Kurin was a 19-year-old anthropology student in India when he experienced his material culture epiphany.
The natives of that country, when unspoiled by European influences, are almost on one level as to material culture.
The Secret of the Totem | Andrew LangIt seems sanguine to look for the origins of totemism among tribes so advanced in material culture.
The Secret of the Totem | Andrew LangThis omits certain items from what we are wont to call material culture, such as clothing, cradles, and the like.
Seven Mohave Myths | A. L. KroeberBut, in spite of the fact that he was happy and surrounded by the most advanced material culture, he sickened and died.
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow | Saxton PopeIn the field of material culture, horse-breeding becomes more and more evident.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] | Wolfram Eberhard
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