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- 12:20, 20 August 2019 Animal husbandry (hist) [768 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "animal husbandry: the breeding, care, and use of herd animals, such as sheep, goats, camels, cattle, and yaks. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 11:07, 20 August 2019 Ancillary sample (hist) [1,218 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "ancillary sample: any non-artifactual materials collected by archaeologists to aid in dating, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, or other interpretations - e.g. carbon samples...")
- 11:07, 20 August 2019 Anasazi (hist) [1,246 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Anasazi: a Navajo word meaning "the ancient people." The Anasazi were a Native American people who lived in the Colorado plateau region of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexi...")
- 11:06, 20 August 2019 Analogy (hist) [1,138 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "analogy: a process of reasoning whereby two entities that share some similarities are assumed to share many others.")
- 11:06, 20 August 2019 Analogies (hist) [897 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "analogies: structural similarities among organisms that have evolved not because of common ancestry but because of adaptations to similar environments (common functions) e.g.....")
- 11:06, 20 August 2019 Amino acid racemization (hist) [813 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "amino acid racemization: chronometric dating method based on change in the three-dimensional structure of amino acids from one form to its mirror image over time. Source: Anth...")
- 11:06, 20 August 2019 Ambilocality (hist) [769 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "ambilocality: residence of a married couple with or near the kin of either husband or wife, as they choose. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 11:05, 20 August 2019 Altruistic act (hist) [740 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "altruistic act: a behavior characterized by self-sacrifice that benefits others. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 11:05, 20 August 2019 Altithermal (hist) [1,174 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "altithermal: a postulated climatic period characterized by warmer and/or drier conditions approximately 4,000-8,000 years ago.")
- 11:05, 20 August 2019 Alternate biface bevel flaking (hist) [812 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "alternate biface bevel flaking: The opposite face of each edge was steeply flaked and each face opposing the beveled edge was flatly flaked. Source: LITHICS-Net, Glossary of...")
- 11:05, 20 August 2019 Alternate (hist) [1,235 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Alternate: When used in reference to a flaked projectile or tool, alternate implies the opposite face of opposing edges was flaked. Source: LITHICS-Net, Glossary of Lithics T...")
- 10:41, 20 August 2019 Allopatric species (hist) [732 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "allopatric species: species occupying mutually exclusive geographical areas. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:41, 20 August 2019 Allometric growth (hist) [785 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "allometric growth: the pattern of growth whereby different parts of the body grow at different rates with respect to each other. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:40, 20 August 2019 Allogrooming (hist) [700 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "allogrooming: grooming another animal. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:40, 20 August 2019 All-male party (hist) [738 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "all-male party: among chimpanzees, a small group of adult or adolescent males. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:40, 20 August 2019 Allen's rule (hist) [882 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Allen's rule: a rule which states that among endotherms, populations of the same species living near the equator tend to have more protruding body parts and longer limbs than...")
- 10:39, 20 August 2019 Alienation (hist) [807 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "alienation: the fragmentation of individuals' relations to their work, the things they produce, and the resources with which they produce them. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:37, 20 August 2019 Alamanni (hist) [1,276 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Alamanni: German tribe in Southern Germany which lived the time between 260 AD and 750 AD. Source: www.alamannenmuseum-ellwangen.de The new Alamannenmuseum Ellwangen focuses o...")
- 10:37, 20 August 2019 Agonistic behavior (hist) [750 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "agonistic behavior: aggressive, negative behaviors, such as fighting, threatening and fleeing. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:36, 20 August 2019 Agnatic (hist) [689 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "agnatic: related on the male side of the family.")
- 10:36, 20 August 2019 Age set (hist) [760 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "age set: a group of people roughly the same age who pass through various age grades together. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:36, 20 August 2019 Age grade (hist) [782 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "age grade: a group of people of the same sex and approximately the same age who share a set of duties and privileges. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:36, 20 August 2019 Agate (hist) [1,223 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Agate: A semi-precious chalcedony formed as quartz fossils of a previous geological age. The colors of agate can be clouded, clear or banded. Source: LITHICS-Net, Glossary of...")
- 10:35, 20 August 2019 Affine (hist) [670 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "affine: related by marriage.")
- 10:35, 20 August 2019 Affinal kin (hist) [704 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "affinal kin: persons related by marriage. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:33, 20 August 2019 Affiliative behavior (hist) [782 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "affiliative behavior: behaviors which promote group cohesion (friendly/positive gestures), e.g. grooming, touching, and hugging. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:33, 20 August 2019 Aerial reconnaissance (hist) [1,189 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "aerial reconnaissance: an important survey technique in the discovery and recording of archaeological sites (see also reconnaissance survey).")
- 10:33, 20 August 2019 Aerial photography (hist) [1,191 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "aerial photography: photographic coverage of the land surface obtained from the air. Useful in locating and recording site positions.")
- 10:32, 20 August 2019 Adze blade (hist) [903 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "adze blade: A small, highly polished blade used as a woodworking tool. In the past, adze blades were made of local jade. Iron was quickly adapted and formed into the tradition...")
- 10:32, 20 August 2019 Adjustment (hist) [756 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "adjustment: the ability of humans to survive in stressful environments by non-genetic means. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:32, 20 August 2019 Adena (hist) [1,311 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Adena: The major cultural group of the Woodland period. The Adena had cultural influences in Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virgina. The Ad...")
- 10:31, 20 August 2019 Adaptive radiation (hist) [1,235 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "adaptive radiation: the evolution of a single evolutionary stock into a number of different species. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:31, 20 August 2019 Adaptation (hist) [1,900 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "adaptation: changes in gene frequencies resulting from selective pressures being placed upon a population by environmental factors; results in a greater fitness of the populat...")
- 10:31, 20 August 2019 Adapidae (hist) [800 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with " Adapidae: family of Eocene prosimians found in North America, Asia, Europe, and possibly Africa; may be related to lemurs and lorises. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:28, 20 August 2019 Acute (hist) [1,184 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "acute: Severe short angles coming to a sharp point. Source: LITHICS-Net, Glossary of Lithics Terminology")
- 10:28, 20 August 2019 Activity area (hist) [1,150 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "activity area: a limited portion of a site in which a specialized cultural function was carried out, such as food preparation, tool manufacture etc.")
- 10:28, 20 August 2019 Achieved status (hist) [1,214 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "achieved status: social standing and prestige reflecting the ability of an individual to acquire an established position in society as a result of individual accomplishments (...")
- 10:27, 20 August 2019 Acheulean (hist) [755 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Acheulean: of the Paleolithic epoch following the Abbevillian, characterized by the use of bifacial and flake tools.")
- 10:27, 20 August 2019 Acephalous society (hist) [747 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "acephalous society: a society without a political head such as a president, chief, or king. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 10:23, 20 August 2019 Acculturation (hist) [796 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "acculturation: cultural change that occurs in response to extended firsthand contacts between two or more previously autonomous groups.")
- 10:23, 20 August 2019 Acclimatory adjustments (hist) [739 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "acclimatory adjustments: reversible physiological adjustments to stressful environments.")
- 10:04, 20 August 2019 B.P. (hist) [1,266 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "B.P.: "Before Present." the notation commonly used on radiocarbon dates, e.g. 1,000 B.P. = 1,000 years before 1950 A.D., or approximately 1,000 A.D. Source: Anthromorphemics")
- 09:59, 20 August 2019 .Anthropology Links. (hist) [2,352 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/AIO.html Anthropological Index Online an online anthropology bibliography published by the Royal Anthropological Institute, London")
- 09:45, 20 August 2019 Absolute dating (hist) [1,160 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "absolute dating: the determination of age with reference to a specific time scale, such as a fixed calendrical system; also referred to as chronometric dating. Source: Anthro...")
- 09:43, 20 August 2019 Abrading stone (hist) [183 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "abrading stone - A stone, typically sandstone or limestone that was used to smooth or sharpen antler, bone, wood and other stone. Source: LITHICS-Net, Glossary of Lithics Ter...")
- 09:42, 20 August 2019 Aborigine (hist) [1,104 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "aborigine: a native inhabitant of a country, especially before colonization.")
- 09:42, 20 August 2019 Aboriginal Protection Society (hist) [244 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Aboriginal Protection Society: A nineteenth century British philanthropic organization dedicated to protecting Aboriginal people from the harsher aspects of urbanization and i...")
- 09:41, 20 August 2019 Aboriginal People of Canada (hist) [345 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Aboriginal People of Canada: This term refers to all people in Canada who have ancestors of Native origin. Similar terms used include "First Nations people," "Native people,"...")
- 09:40, 20 August 2019 Abbevillian (hist) [94 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Abbevillian: the earliest Paleolithic period, characterized by the use of bifacial stone axes.")
- 09:40, 20 August 2019 Abalone (hist) [221 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "abalone: A shellfish with only one shell. They have a lustrous, brightly colored inner shell. As seen in the archaeological record, abalone shell was popular for making orname...")