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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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Replacement model
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A hypothesis which states that modern h. Sapiens evolved in Africa or Asia and radiated out of one of these areas replacing archaic hominid populations.
Toilet claw
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A claw found on the second toe of prosimians that functions in grooming.
Three Age System
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A classification system devised by c. J. Thomsen for the sequence of technological periods (stone, bronze, and iron) in old world prehistory. It established the principle that by classifying ...
Phoneme
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A class of sounds that differ slightly from one another but that may be substituted for one another without any change of meaning.
Pot-lid fracture
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A circular flake removed from cryptocrystalline materials by sudden heating. Leaves a small saucer-shaped depression in the surface of the stone.
Tent-ring
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A circle of rocks used to hold down the edges of an aboriginal tent (e.g."tipi-rings").
