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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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Remote sensing
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
General term for reconnaissance and surface survey techniques that leave subsurface archaeological deposits undisturbed.
Ostracum
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Fragments (as of pottery) containing inscriptions. The singular is "ostraca. "
Hermeneutics
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Formal study of methods of interpretation. Following gadamer, the hermeneutical process is often regarded as involving complex interaction between the interpreting subject and the interpreted object.
Homozygous
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Having two like alleles of a particular gene; homozygous dominant when the allele is dominant and homozygous recessive when the allele is recessive.
Hyperplasia
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Growth by virtue of an increase in the total number of cells resulting from mitosis.
Hypertrophy
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Growth by virtue of an increase in the size of cells.
Semantic domains
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Groups of related categories of meaning in a language.
