primitive peoples

  • 1primitive culture — Introduction       in the lexicon of early anthropologists, any of numerous societies characterized by features that may include lack of a written language, relative isolation, small population, relatively simple social institutions and… …

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  • 2primitive — 01. Studies of so called [primitive] tribes in South America have found they generally have a very sophisticated social system. 02. The [primitive] tribes of the area were quickly overpowered by the European armies. 03. The people of that region… …

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  • 3primitive — adjective 1) primitive times Syn: ancient, earliest, first, prehistoric, antediluvian, primordial, primeval, primal Ant: modern, recent 2) primitive peoples Syn …

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  • 4primitive communism — A term usually associated with Karl Marx , but most fully elaborated by Friedrich Engels (in The Origin of the Family, 1884), and referring to the collective right to basic resources, egalitarianism in social relationships, and absence of… …

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  • 5Primitive culture — In older anthropology texts and discussions, a primitive culture is one that lacks major signs of economic development or modernity. For instance, it might lack a written language or advanced technology and have a limited and isolated population …

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  • 6History of primitive and non-Western trumpets — The chromatic trumpet of Western tradition is a fairly recent invention, but primitive trumpets of one form or another have been in existence for millennia; some of the predecessors of the modern instrument are now known to date back to the… …

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  • 7Indigenous peoples — This article is about indigenous peoples in general. For links to articles about indigenous people in specific areas, see Indigenous peoples by geographic regions Brazilian indigenous chiefs of the Kayapo tribe …

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  • 8Aboriginal peoples in Canada — Native Canadian redirects here. For Canadian born people in general, see Canadians. Aboriginal peoples in Canada …

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  • 9Indigenous peoples of the Americas — Red Indian redirects here. For the native inhabitants of the island of Newfoundland known for using red ochre, see Beothuk. Indigenous peoples of the Americas …

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  • 10Nakh peoples — Vainakhs on a wedding 1870 1886 …

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