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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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Cultural anthropology
Obsidian
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A volcanic glass whose ease of working and characteristically bard flintlike edges allowed it to be used for the making of tools.
Weir
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
An aboriginal fish-trap based on a fence or barrier of stakes or rocks built across a stream.
Heat treatment
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
An aboriginal process by which the flaking properties of a rock were improved by controlled heating in a fire.
Haemoglobin S
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
An abnormal variant of haemoglobin a that differs from the latter in having a single amino acid substitution on the beta chain; known as sickle hemoglobin.
Haemoglobin C
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
An abnormal variant of haemoglobin a that differs from the latter in having a single amino acid substitution on the beta chain at the same position as the substitution producing haemoglobin s.
Industry
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
All the artefacts in a site that are made from the same material, such as the bone industry.
Nursery unit
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Among chimpanzees, a group of several family units (mothers with offspring) and sometimes females without infants.
