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| The study of the human species and its immediate ancestors. |
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| The applicatio of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary social problems |
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| ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY |
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| The study of human behaviour and cultural patterns and processes through the cultrue's material remains. |
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| An observed relationship between two or more variables. |
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Referring to the inclusion and combination (to solve a common problem) of both biological and cultural approaches-one of anthropology's hallmarks.
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| The study of human biological variation in time and space; includes evolution, genetics, growth and development, and primatology. |
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The study of human society and culture; describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences.
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| CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (CRM) |
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| The branch of applied archaeology aimed at preserving sites threatened by dams, highways, and other projects. |
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| Distinctly human; transmitted through learning; traditions and customs that govern behaviour and beliefs. |
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| Field work in a particular culture. |
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| Crosscultural comparison; the comparative study of ethnographic data, society, and culture. |
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| Cultivation of plants and domestication (stockbreeding) of animals; first developed 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. |
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| The field of anthropology as a whole, consisting of cultural, archaeological, biological, and linguistic anthropology |
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| Interested in the whole of the human condition: past, present, and future; biology, society, language, and culture. |
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| A suggested but as yet unverified explanation. |
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| The descriptive, comparative, and historical study of language and of linguistic similarities and differences in time, space, and society. |
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| The study of human biological variation in time and space; includes evolution, genetics, growth and development, and primatology. |
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| A systematic field of study or body of knowledge that aims, through experiment, observation, and deduction, to produce reliable explanations of phenomena, with reference to the material and physical world. |
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| Study of relationships between social and linguistic variation; study of anguage (performance) in tis social context. |
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| A set of ideas formulated (by reasoning from known facts) to explain something. The main value of a theory is to promote new understanding. A theory suggests patterns, connections, and relationships that may be confirmed by new research. |
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