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Anthropology

The study of human beings and human ancestors through time. Focuses on relation to physical characteristics, environmental effects, social relations and culture. The science of humans.

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mechanical solidarity
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A type of social integration based on mutuality of interests found in those societies with little division of labor. Modernization the process of social change whereby traditional ...

simple random sampling
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A type of probabilistic sampling where the areas to be sampled are chosen using a table of random numbers. Drawbacks include (1) defining the site's boundaries beforehand; (2) the ...

site catchment analysis (SCA)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A type of off-site analysis which concentrates on the total area from which a site's contents have been derived; at its simplest, a site's catchment can be thought of as a full ...

ribonucleic acid
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A type of nucleic acid based upon the sugar ribose; exists in cells as messenger RNA and transfer RNA.

tundra
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A type of landscape where the ground is frozen solid throughout most of the year but thaws slightly during the summer.

pericentric inversion
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A type of inversion in which two breaks occur in a chromosome, one on either side of the centromere, and the centerpiece becomes fumed around and rejoined with the two outside ...

piece esquillee
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A type of flaked stone artifact manufactured by the bipolar percussion technique. Generally characterized by a lenticular or wedge-shaped cross-section; opposed bifacial crushing, ...

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