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archaeology
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the investigation of past cultures through excavation of material remains
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prehistoric archaeology
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field that uses excavation of sites and analysis of material remains to investigate cultures that existed before the development of writing
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historic archaeology
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field that investigates the past of literate peoples through excavation of sites and analysis of artifacts and other material remains
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biological (physical) anthropology
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major subfield of anthropology that studies the biological dimensions of humans and other primates
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primatology
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the study of primates; including monkeys and apes; subfield of biological anthropology
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human variation
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physical differences among human populations; an interest of physical anthropologists
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paleoanthropology
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the specialization of physical anthropology that investigates the biological evolution of the human species
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forensic anthropology
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a specialization with physical anthropology that analyzes and identifies human remains
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cultural anthropology (social anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, ethnology)
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the subfield that studies the way of life of contemporary and historically recent peoples
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fieldwork
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ethnographic research that involves observing and interviewing the members of a culture to describe their way of life
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ethnography
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a written description of the way of life of some human population
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anthropological linguistics
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subfield that focuses on the interrelationships between language and other aspects of a peoples culture
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applied anthropology
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subfield whose practitioners use anthropological methods, theories, and concepts to solve practical, real world problems; practitioners are often employed by a government agency or private organization
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medical anthropology
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the specialization that researches the connections between cultural beliefs and habits and the spread and treatment of diseases and illnesses
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holstic perspective
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the assumption that any aspect of a culture is integrated with other aspects, so that no dimension of culture can be understood in isolation
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comparative perspective
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the insistence by anthropologists that valid hypotheses and theories about humanity be tested with information from a wide range of cultures
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cultural relativism
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the notion that one should not judge the behavior of other peoples using the standard of one's own culture
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ethnocentrism
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the attitude or opinion that the morals, values, and customs of one's own culture are superior to those of other peoples
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