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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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Sidescan sonar
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A survey method used in underwater archaeology which provides the broadest view of the sea-floor. An acoustic emitter is towed behind a vessel and sends out sound waves in a fan-shaped beam. These ...
Harem
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A subunit of a larger social group consisting of a male associated with two or more females.
Homeostasis
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A term used in systems thinking to describe the action of negative feedback processes in maintaining the system at a constant equilibrium state.
Positive feedback
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A term used in systems thinking to describe a response in which changing output conditions in the system stimulate further growth in the input; one of the principal factors in generating system ...
Mobiliary art
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A term used for the portable art of the ice age, comprising engravings and carvings on small objects of stone, antler, bone, and ivory.
Paleoindian
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A term most frequently applied to early projectile point "cultures" of North America (e.g. Clovis, Folsom, Cody, etc. ).
