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n. - The branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts.

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  • Consequently craniometry is bounded by certain rules as to when one can compare.
  • It should be noted that during the late part of the 19th and early part of the 20th century there was a movement within physical anthropology called craniometry that...
  • For example some elements of craniometry appear to be genetic while others appear to be environmental.
  • Generally speaking, when looking within archaeological horizons i.e “identifiable pattern of material culture”, it is possible to identify one or more races, typically by...
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