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Research Activities in Anthropology (5)
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Data collection, Analysis and interpretation, Representation, Preservation, Community participation
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Fieldwork
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Research that involves collecting data on location.
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Artifact
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Portable object made or modified by humans.
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Feature
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A nonportable object made or transformed by humans in the past.
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Site
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In archaeology and paleoanthropology, a location containing remains of humanity's past.
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Seven types of Data for Studying Humanity's Past
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Fossils, Artifacts, Features, Sites, Documents, Genetic and molecular remains, The present
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Excavation
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A method for fossil or artifact recovery in which the material surrounding the evidence is removed both vertically and horizontally
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Sample
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A subset of a wider research "universe" such as a site, community, or population.
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Absolute dating method
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A way of determining the age of a fossil, artifact, or site on the basis of a specific ime scale, such as years before the present, or other fixed calendrical system.
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Radiocarbon dating
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An absolute dating method based on measuring the decay rate of ^14C, the radioactive isotope of carbon, to stable nitrogen (^14N).
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Potassium-argon dating
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An absolute dating method based on measuring the decay rate of ^40K, a radioactive isotope of potassium, to argon (^40AR).
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Relative dating method
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A way of determining the age of a fossil or artifact by placing it in a chronological sequence or matching evidence at one site with similar evidence at another site that has been date using an absolute method.
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Androcentrism
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Male-centered bias in anthropological research.
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Participant observation
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A method of studying contemporary humans in which the researcher lives with and studies the people for an extended period of time.
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Informed consent
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A feature of research ethics requring that the researcher clearly informs participants of the intent, scope, and possible effects of the study and then seeks their agreement to participate.
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Rapport
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A trusting relationship between the anthropologist and the study population.
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Culture shock
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Deep feelings of uneasiness, loneliness, and anxiety that may occur when a person shifts from one culture to another.
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Interview
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The gathering of verbal information from living people through questions.
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Qualitative
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Descriptive
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Survey
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A means of data collection among living people that consists of the administration of a set of written questions that are either open-ended or closed-ended
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Quantitative
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Numeric
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Discourse
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language in use
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Ethnography
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A book-length description of a culture or cultures based on extended fieldwork among living people.
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