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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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Haemoglobin A2
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A normal variant of haemoglobin a that consists of two alpha and two delta chains and is found in small quantity in normal human blood.
Haemoglobin A
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A normal adult haemoglobin whose globin unit consists of two alpha and two beta chains.
Non-probabilistic sampling
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A non-statistical sampling strategy (in contrast to probabilistic sampling) which concentrates on sampling areas on the basis of intuition, historical documentation, or long field experience in the ...
Horizontal migration
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A nomadic pattern characterised by regular movement over a large area in search of grass; also called plains migration.
New Archaeology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A new approach advocated in the 1960s which argued for an explicitly scientific framework of archaeological method and theory, with hypotheses rigorously tested, as the proper basis for explanation ...
Tell
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A neat eastern term that refers to a mound site formed through successive human occupation over a very long timespan.
Hammerstone
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A natural rounded, largely unmodified pebble used as an unhafted hammer.
