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holistic/holism
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in anthropology an approach that considers cultre, history, language, and biology essential to a complete understanding of human society.
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society
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a group of people who depend on one another for survival or well-being as well as the relationships amoung such people, including their status and roles
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culture
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the learned behaviors and symbols that allow people to livee in groups. the primary means by which humans adapt to their environments. The way of life characteristic of a pariticular human society.
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cultural anthropology
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the study of human though, meaning, and behavior that is learned rather than genetically transmitted, and that is typical of groups of people.
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ethnohistory
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description of cultural past based on written records, interviews, and archaeology.
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linguistic anthropology
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a branch of linguistics concerned with understanding langualge and its realtion to culture.
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historical linguists
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study relationships amoung languages to better understand the histories and migrations of those who speak them.
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prehistoric
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societies for which we have no usable written records
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archaeology
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the subdicipline of anthropology that focuses on the reconstruction of past cultures based on their material remains.
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artifact
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any object made or modiefied by human beings. Generally used to refer to objects made by past cultures.
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features
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artifacts that cannot easily be moved, such as ruins of buildings, burials, and fire pits.
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urban archaeology
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the archaeological investigation of current-day cities.
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cultural resource management (CRM)
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the protection and manament of archaeological, archival, and architectural resources.
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biological or physical anthropology
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the subdiscipline of anthropology that studies people from a biological perspective, focusing primarily on aspects of humandkind that are geneticallly inherited. It includes osteology, nutirition,demogtaphy, epidemiology, and primatology.
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paleoanthopology
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the subdiscipline of anthropology concerened with tracing the evolution of humand kind in fossil record.
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