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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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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.
Cultural diffusion
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The spreading of a cultural trait (e.g., material object, idea, or behaviour pattern) from one society to another.
Settlement pattern
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The spatial distribution of cultural activities across a landscape at a given moment in time.
Permanent teeth
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The second set of teeth that grow in mammals. Humans have thirty-two permanent teeth.
Division of labour
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The set of rules found in all societies dictating how the day to day tasks are assigned to the various members of a society.
Protoculture
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The simplest or beginning aspects of culture as seen in some nonhuman primates.
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