Economic anthropology - Definition and Overview

Economic anthropology is a linking between economic and social life. Similar to evolutionary psychology in that it attempts to use one branch of scientific theory and thought to explain another. In this case, it is an attempt to describe anthropological characteristics as rooted in economic factors.

See also

• Anthropological theories of value
• Wealth#The Anthropological view of Wealth
• Non-market economics

External links

• The Society for Economic Anthropology (http://nautarch.tamu.edu/anth/sea/)
• Faculty Page of Michael Chibnik, Faculty Member and teacher of Economic Anthropology at The University of Iowa (http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/facpages/chibnik.htm)