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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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phoneme
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A class of sounds that differ slightly from one another but that may be substituted for one another without any change of meaning.
pot-lid fracture
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A circular flake removed from cryptocrystalline materials by sudden heating. Leaves a small saucer-shaped depression in the surface of the stone.
tent-ring
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A circle of rocks used to hold down the edges of an aboriginal tent (e.g."tipi-rings").
protein-caloric malnutrition
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A class of malnutrition that includes kwashiorkor and marasmus.
potassium argon dating
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A chronometric dating technique based on the rate of decay of potassium 40 to argon 40. Used to date rocks up to thousands of millions of years old though it is restricted to ...
tree-ring dating
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A chronometric dating method in which the age of a wood sample is determined by counting the number of annual growth rings.
thermoluminescence dating (TL)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A chronometric dating method based on the fact that some materials, when heated, give off a flash of light. The intensity of the light is proportional to the amount of radiation ...
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