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Cultural anthropology
Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.
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retouch
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The removal of small secondary flakes along the edge of a lithic artifact to improve or alter the cutting properties of that edge. Retouch flaking may be bifacial or unifacial.
unifacial flaking
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The removal of secondary flakes from only one surface of a stone nucleus.
heterodont dentition
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
hterodont dentition is the regional diffrentiation of teeth by function.
survey area
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The region within which archaeological sites are to be located.
paleoethnobotany (archaeobotany)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The recovery and identification of plant remains from archaeological contexts, important in the reconstruction of past environments and economies.
hemoglobin
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The red pigment in erythrocytes that carries oxygen to and carbon dioxide from body tissues.
heterozygosity
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The quality of being heterozygous. Having two different alleles of a particular gene.
