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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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Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A compilation of reports on 330 societies that are used for cross-cultural research.
Cross-cultural research
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
(holocultural research) a method that uses a global sample of societies in order to test hypotheses.
Horizon
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
(1) a discrete regional cultural period or level of cultural development marked by some easily recognisable criterion or trait. (2) in soil-science terminology, a natural developmental zone in a soil ...
Strata
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
(1) depositional units or layers of sediment distinguished by composition or appearance. (2) individually sampled subareas in a "stratified-random" probabilistic sampling scheme.
Section
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
(1) a vertical cut (or exposure) through a body of sediments or a feature. (2) a one-square mile unit in the legal subdivision system.
Diffusion
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
When elements of one culture spread to another without wholesale dislocation or migration.
Vertical circle
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
With major surveying instruments, the graduated vertical table around which the sighting telescope rotates; used to measure the vertical angle.
