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cremation cremation
cremation disposal of a corpse by fire. It is an ancient and widespread practice, second only to burial . It has been found among the chiefdoms of the Pacific Northwest, among Northern Athapascan bands in Alaska, and among Canadian cultural groups. It was noted in Greece as early as 1000 BC and... Read more
harvester harvester
harvester farm machine that mechanically harvests a crop. Small-grain harvesting has been mechanized to a certain extent since early times. In the modern period the first harvester to gain general acceptance was made by Cyrus McCormick in 1831 (see reaper ). More recently the combine has been... Read more
folkways folkways
folkways term coined by William Graham Sumner in his treatise Folkways (1906) to denote those group habits that are common to a society or culture and are usually called customs . The word provided a useful contribution to the development of the concept of culture and is still used in its... Read more
age-and-area hypothesis age-and-area hypothesis
age-and-area hypothesis J. C. Willis suggested in 1922 that, all other things being equal, the area occupied by a taxon is directly proportional to the age of that taxon. Thus in a polytypic genus, the species with the smallest area of distribution would be the youngest in the genus. However,... Read more
Peer Acceptance Peer Acceptance
Peer acceptance Definition Peer acceptance is the degree to which a child or adolescent is socially accepted by peers. It includes the level of peer popularity and the ease with which a child or adolescent can initiate and maintain satisfactory peer... Read more
Timothy Dexter Timothy Dexter
Timothy Dexter 1747-1806, American merchant and eccentric, b. Malden, Mass. He gained a fortune from the American Revolution by buying up depreciated certificates of indebtedness that were afterward reclaimed at full value. He also gained money by shrewd mercantile transactions. He was styled ... Read more

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