Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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Theory

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A step in the scientific method in which a statement is generated on the basis of highly confirmed hypotheses and is used to generalise about conditions not yet tested.

Utilised flake

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A stone flake used for a tool without deliberate retouch, but exhibiting use-wear.

Standard deviation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A statistical measurement of the amount of variation in a series of determinations; the probability of the real number's falling within plus or minus one standard deviation is 67 percent.

Hypothesis

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A statement that stipulates a relationship between a phenomenon for which the researcher seeks to account and one or more other phenomena.

Microenvironment

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A specific set of physical, biological, and cultural factors immediately surrounding the organism.

A small prismatic parallel-sided flake struck from a prepared core. Microblades were probably inserted end-to-end in a slotted bone or antler shaft to provide a continuous cutting edge for points or ...