Anthropology: Dictionaries

An online glossary that is no longer in existence, this link goes to an archived copy via the Wayback Machine as it appeared August 28, 2005. The navigation menu on the left still works and these links allow you to view entries by headings, such as archaeology, cultural anthropology, and physical anthropology. You can also choose to view all terms, as well as search for them.

A glossary - dictionary - collection of terms - terminology related to the field of anthropology.

Includes anthropologists, terms and schools.

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Allen Collins began this glossary project that seeks to provide basic information related to Paleobiology during May and June of 1995. The terms in this glossary are important to practicing biologists and paleontologists in various fields. Browse alphabetically by term or by volume (phylogenetics, geology, biochemistry, cell biology, ecology, life history, zoology, botany, and paleogeography).