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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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Demography
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of the processes which contribute to population structure and their temporal and spatial dynamics. .
Sampling bias
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The tendency of a sample to exclude some members of the sampling universe and overrepresent others.
Percussion flaking (also direct percussion flaking
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The technique of shaping stone artefacts by removing flakes with direct blows with a hammer of stone, antler, or wood.
Unconformity
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The surface of a stratum that represents a break in the stratigraphic sequence.
Psychological anthropology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of the relationship between culture and individual personality.
Paleoecology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of the relationship of extinct organisms or groups of organisms to their environments.
Hinge-fracture
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A weak or inward-directed blow against cryptocrystalline or fine-grained rock will produce a flake which breaks off (or "hinges") halfway along, without carrying through to a thin tapered end.
