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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
Midwestern taxonomic system
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A framework devised by mckern (1939) to systematise sequences in the great plains area of the united states, using the general principle of similarities between artefact assemblages.
Thiessen polygons
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A formal method of describing settlement patterns based on territorial divisions centred on a single site; the polygons are created by drawing straight lines between pairs of neighbouring sites, then ...
Hybrid sterility
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of reproductive isolation in which a hybrid of two species is sterile.
Hybrid inviability
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of reproductive isolation in which a mating between two species gives rise to a hybrid that is fertile but nevertheless does not leave any offspring.
Sexual isolation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of reproductive isolation in which one or both sexes of a species initiate mating behaviour that does not act as a stimulus to the opposite sex of a closely related species.
Mechanical isolation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of reproductive isolation that occurs because of an incompatibility in structure of the male and female sex organs.
Seasonal isolation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of reproductive isolation in which the breeding seasons of two closely related populations do not exactly correspond.
