Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Kingdom

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A major division of living organisms. All organisms are placed into one of five kingdoms: monera, Protista, Fungi, Planti, and Animalia.

Order

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A major division of a class, consisting of closely related families.

Stadia rod (also surveyor's staff')

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A long brightly painted rod, accurately calibrated in metric units (or feet and inches), used for obtaining elevations and stadia measurements of distance in mapping with a major surveying ...

Protein

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A long chain of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds (a polypeptide chain).

Old World semibrachiation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A locomotor pattern involving extensive use of the hands in leaping; seen in basically quadrupedal animals.

Maya calendar

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A method employed by the Maya of measuring the passage of time, comprising two separate calendar systems: (1) the Calendar Round, used for everyday purposes; (2) the Long Count, used for the ...