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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

Paradigmatic view

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Approach to science, developed by Thomas Kuhn, which holds that science develops from a set of assumptions (paradigm) and that revolutionary science ends with the acceptance of a new paradigm which ...

Pipestone

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Any soft stone used in the manufacture of aboriginal smoking pipes.

Variable

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Any property that may be displayed in different forms.

Invention

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Any new thing, idea, or way of behaving that emerges from within a society.

Inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry (

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Based on the same basic principles as oes (optical emission spectrometry), but the generation of much higher temperatures reduces problems of interference and produces more accurate results.

Hafted

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Attached with a binding to a shaft or handle (e.g. A "hafted knife").

Postorbital constriction

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

As seen from the top view, a marked constriction in the skull immediately behind the orbits and supraorbital torus.

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