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adaption
the process by which organisms cope with environmental stresses TERM 2
applied
anthropology
DEFINITION 2 the application of anthropological data, perspectives, thoery and methods to identify, assess and solve contemporary social problems TERM 3
archaeological
anthropology
DEFINITION 3 the study of human behavior and cultural patterns and process through the cultures material remains TERM 4
artifacts
DEFINITION 4 material items that humans have manufactured or modified TERM 5
biological
anthropology
DEFINITION 5 the study of human biological variation in time and space, includes evolution genetics, growth and development and primatology
civilization
complex society with a government and social classes TERM 7
cultural ecology
DEFINITION 7 ecosystems includes ppl, how humans use nature, social organizations and cultural values TERM 8
culture
DEFINITION 8 distinctly human, transmitted through learning, traditions and customs that govern behavior and beliefs TERM 9
culture and personality
DEFINITION 9 a subfield of cultural anthropology studies different psycho traits and personality characteristics amongst cultures TERM 10
enculturation
DEFINITION 10 social process by which culture is learned and transmitted across the generations
hominids
members of the zoological family (Hominidae) that includes fossil and living humans TERM 17
humanities
DEFINITION 17 academic fields that study languages, texts, philosophies, arts, music, performances, and other expressive works TERM 18
linguistic
anthropology
DEFINITION 18 descriptive, comparable, and historical study of language and of linguistic similarities and differences in time, space and society TERM 19
linkages
DEFINITION 19 interconnections between small-scale and large scale units and system, political, economic, info and other cultural links among village region, nation and world TERM 20
medical
anthropology
DEFINITION 20 field including biological, cultural, theoretical and applied, anthropologists concerned with the sociocultural context and implications of disease and illness
osteology
the study of bones; useful to biological anthropologists studying the fossil record TERM 22
paleoanthropology
DEFINITION 22 the study of hominid evolution as revealed by the fossil record TERM 23
paleoecology
DEFINITION 23 the study often by archaeologists of ecosystems of the past TERM 24
participant observation
DEFINITION 24 a characteristic ethnographic technique taking part in the events one is oberserving describing and analyzing TERM 25
potsherds
DEFINITION 25 fragments of eathernware, pottery studied by archaeologists in interpreting prehistoric life styles
