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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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Stereoscope
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A simple optical device to allow the perception of a stereoscopic (or 3-dimensional) image from pairs of aerial photographs.
Potlatch
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of competitive giveaway found among the northwest coast American Indians that serves as a mechanism for both achieving social status and distributing goods.
Hypothetico-deductive explanation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of explanation based on the formulation of hypotheses and the establishment from them by deduction of consequences which can then be tested against the archaeological data.
Inversion
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of chromosome aberration in which parts of a chromosome break and reunite in a reversed order. No genetic material is lost or gained, but the positions of the involved alleles are altered.
Intensive agriculture
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of agriculture that involves the use of draught animals or tractors, plows, and often some form of irrigation.
Translocation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of chromosomal aberration in which segments of chromosomes become detached and reunite to other nonhomologous chromosomes.
Terrace
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A fluvial terrace is a remnant of an earlier flood-plain isolated by down-cutting of the river, resulting in a step-like series of "flats" and scarps. Beach terraces are old ocean or lake beaches ...
