Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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Horizontal circle

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

With major surveying instruments, the graduated horizontal table around which the sighting telescope revolves; used to measure the horizontal angle.

Level notes

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Written observations on all significant characteristics of an excavated level.

Pecking and grinding

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The process of manufacturing heavy-duty stone tools (bowls, mauls etc. ) From granular rocks by prolonged hammering with a hammerstone. Abrasive techniques might be used to finish the piece.

Linked changes

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Those changes brought about in a culture when other (interconnected) parts of that same culture undergo change.

Graphic arts

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Those forms of art such as painting and drawing.

Positivism

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Theoretical position that explanations must be empirically verifiable, that there are universal laws in the structure and transformation of human institutions, and that theories which incorporate ...