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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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market exchange
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A mode of exchange which implies both a specific location for transactions and the sort of social relations where bargaining can occur. It usually involves a system of ...
redistribution
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A mode of exchange which implies the operation of some central organizing authority. Goods are received or appropriated by the central authority, and subsequently some of them are ...
extended family household
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A multiple-family unit incorporating adults of two or more generations.
multi-dimensional scaling (MDSCAL)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A multivariate statistical technique which aims to develop spatial structure from numerical data by estimating the differences and similarities between analytical units.
prion
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A microscopic particle that causes nervous system diseases in nonhuman animals and has been implicated as the cause of kuru. The prion appears to be composed of protein and lacks ...
megalithic yard
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A metrological unit (c. 2. 72 ft) proposed by Alexander Thom, and argued by him, on statistical grounds, as the standard unit of length used in the construction of megalithic ...
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A method used in the analysis of artifact composition, in which the sample is irradiated with a beam of x-rays which excite electrons associated with atoms on the surface.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)