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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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instrument position (ip)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The location at which a surveying instrument is established to obtain a sighting.
plasma
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The liquid portion of the blood containing salts, sugars, fats, amino acids, hormones, plasma, proteins, etc.
paleosol
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Old soil. Buried soil horizons indicative of past soil conditions different from that presently prevailing.
site exploitation territory (SET)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Often confused with site catchment analysis, this is a method of achieving a fairly standardized assessment of the area habitually used by a site's occupants.
corporate ownership control
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Of land and other productive resources by a group rather than by individuals.
free morphemes
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Morphemes that are complete words when standing alone.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)