structural anthropology
/ˌstrʌktʃ(ə)rəl ˌanθrəˈpɒlədʒi/ /ˌstrʌktʃ(ə)r(ə)l ˌanθrəˈpɒlədʒi/noun
The study of the social structures of humanity; specifically the study of human society using the theories and techniques of structuralism, associated especially with the French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009).
Origin
Late 19th century (in an earlier sense). From structural + anthropology.