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Anthropology Definition

Anthropology is, in short, the study of human beings; their culture, their behavior, their beliefs, their ways of surviving. Here is a collection of other definitions of anthropology from anthropologists.

Ancón

Ancón is an archaeological site located on the coast of Peru, about 40 km north of Lima. Based on architecture and archaeological evidence, the site is thought to been a colony of the

Amarna (Egypt)

Amarna is the modern name given to the capital city of Akhetaten, the heretic pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty Akhenaten, built about 1350 BC and abandoned at his death 20 years later.

Amber Trade

An exotic lithic material made from the sap from pine trees some 35-40 million years old, amber was (and still is) a highly tradeable item.

American Bottom (USA)

The American Bottom is the name given to the Mississippian culture homeland, a segment of the Mississippi River Valley in Illinois in the central United States

AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry) Radiocarbon Dating

AMS radiocarbon dating is a form of radiocarbon dating that is more precise and requires less carbon than conventional radiocarbon methods.

Anasazi Culture

The Anasazi is the name given to the prehistoric agricultural group who occupied the Colorado Plateau in the American southwest

Anatolia

The Anatolia region is one of the cradles of urban civilization, and consists of the peninsula of Asia Minor.

Andean Civilizations

The Andean Civilizations is a term used by archaeologists to refer to any of several civilizations of the Andes Mountains

Andronovo Culture

The Andronovo culture is the name given to an Old World sedentary pastoralist society of the Late Bronze Age.

Angkor Civilization

The Angkor Civilization (or Khmer Civilization) is the name given to an important civilization of Cambodia and Thailand

Angkor Wat (Cambodia)

Angkor Wat is a temple complex and capital city of the Angkor (or Khmer) civilization

Anglo-Saxon culture

The Anglo-Saxons were peoples who originated in northern Germany and Scandinavia who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD.

Anthropology

A definition of anthropology, courtesy of Michael Scullin.

Antioch (Turkey)

Founded by Alexander the Great's general Seleucus around 300 BC, Antioch also was the seat of a Roman governor after 64 BC.

Antonine Wall (UK)

The Antonine Wall marks the northern-most border of the Roman empire in Great Britain.

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Anuradhapura was founded by the Sinhalese king Pandukhabaya as his capital city in 437 BC.

AnYang (China)

AnYang was the capital of the Shang Dynasty in northern Henan province, China, between 1554 and 1045 BC.

L'Anse aux Meadows (Canada)

L'Anse aux Meadows is the name of an archaeological site on the coast of Labrador which is the only commonly accepted evidence for the landing of Norse marauders led by Leif Eiriksson (or Erikson)

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