material culture

Richard 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.

It seems sanguine to look for the origins of totemism among tribes so advanced in material culture.

This omits certain items from what we are wont to call material culture, such as clothing, cradles, and the like.

But, in spite of the fact that he was happy and surrounded by the most advanced material culture, he sickened and died.

In the field of material culture, horse-breeding becomes more and more evident.