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3,721 Documents 34 Sections 43,625 Citations 34,852 Keywords Indexed 4 Evidence Tiers

3,633 are the core, quality-scored corpus (34 lettered sections — see How We Work); the remaining 88 are cross-corpus synthesis documents (68 InterDocs, 12 Connections, 8 Theories) also indexed here.

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ZC_3_15 Verified Social Science

ZC_3_15 — Political Economy: Capitalism, Labor, and Institutional Structure

Political economy studies the interrelationship between political power and economic processes — how states, markets, classes, institutions, and ideologies shape the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. T

political economy capitalism Marx Adam Smith neoliberalism labor theory of value
ZC_5_21 Verified Social Science

ZC_5_21 — Intergenerational Trauma: Epigenetic Inheritance and Collective Wounds

Intergenerational trauma (also transgenerational or historical trauma) refers to the transmission of traumatic effects from one generation to subsequent generations through psychological, behavioral, social, and — contro

intergenerational trauma transgenerational trauma epigenetics historical trauma PTSD holocaust survivors
ZC_1_07 Verified Social Science

ZC_1_07 — Behavioral Economics — Nudge Theory & Decision-Making

Behavioral economics integrates psychological insights into economic models of human decision-making, challenging the neoclassical assumption of perfectly rational "Homo economicus" and documenting systematic deviations

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ZC_1_12 Verified Social Science

ZC_1_12 — Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Industrial-organizational (I/O) psychology applies psychological principles to workplace behavior — encompassing personnel selection, performance evaluation, motivation, leadership, organizational culture, team dynamics,

industrial-organizational social-science I/O psychology personnel selection job performance job satisfaction organizational behavior
ZC_1_13 Verified Social Science

ZC_1_13 — Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination

Prejudice — negative attitudes toward a group and its members — operates through cognitive (stereotypes), affective (prejudice), and behavioral (discrimination) components. Research reveals both overt and subtle forms of

prejudice discrimination stereotypes implicit bias IAT racism
ZC_4_10 Verified Social Science

ZC_4_10 — Mesoamerican Social Organization: City-States, Lineages, and Cosmological Order

Mesoamerican social organization — spanning the Classic Maya (~250–900 CE), Aztec/Mexica (~1325–1521 CE), Zapotec, Mixtec, and other civilizations across central Mexico through Honduras — represents one of humanity's mos

Mesoamerica Maya Aztec city-state altepetl calpulli
ZC_4_07 Verified Social Science

ZC_4_07 — Childhood and the Anthropology of Growing Up

The anthropology of childhood — the cross-cultural study of how children are conceived of, raised, taught, disciplined, initiated, and transformed into culturally competent adults — challenges the assumption that childho

childhood child adolescence socialization enculturation play
ZC_4_20 Credible Social Science

ZC_4_20 — Ecological Anthropology: Human-Environment Interaction Beyond Subsistence

Ecological anthropology — the study of how human cultures interact with, adapt to, transform, and are shaped by their environments — has evolved from deterministic models ("environment shapes culture") through cultural e

ecological-anthropology human-ecology cultural-ecology political-ecology niche-construction traditional-ecological-knowledge
ZC_4_13 Verified Social Science

ZC_4_13 — Indigeneity and Indigenous Rights

Indigeneity and Indigenous rights address the political, legal, cultural, and territorial claims of peoples who identify as Indigenous — the original inhabitants of territories subsequently colonized by settlers, with di

Indigenous rights UNDRIP self-determination land rights sovereignty decolonization
ZC_4_08 Verified Social Science

ZC_4_08 — Structuralism in Social Science — Lévi-Strauss to Bourdieu

Structuralism — the intellectual movement that sought to uncover the deep, universal structures underlying the surface diversity of human cultures, languages, myths, kinship systems, and social institutions — was the dom

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ZC_4_15 Verified Social Science

ZC_4_15 — Anthropology of Ritual: Liminality, Communitas, and Ritual Performance

The anthropology of ritual studies the structured, repetitive, symbolic actions through which human societies create meaning, mark transitions, maintain social order, negotiate power, communicate with the sacred, and tra

ritual liminality Turner rites of passage communitas van Gennep
ZC_2_01 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_01 — Propaganda, Persuasion, and Information Warfare

Propaganda and persuasion studies span rhetoric, psychology, political science, and media studies. From Edward Bernays's Freudian public relations (1928) and Walter Lippmann's manufactured consent (1922), through Goebbel

propaganda persuasion Edward Bernays Walter Lippmann manufactured consent Goebbels
ZC_2_03 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_03 — Intergenerational & Collective Trauma

Intergenerational trauma refers to the transmission of traumatic effects from one generation to the next — a phenomenon observed across populations including Holocaust survivor families, Indigenous communities subjected

intergenerational trauma historical trauma epigenetic inheritance collective trauma van der Kolk Yehuda
G_4_13 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_4_13 — HADD and Agency Detection — Why We See Beings Everywhere

The Hyperactive Agency Detection Device (HADD) — a term coined by cognitive scientist Justin Barrett (2000) building on work by Stewart Guthrie (1993) and Pascal Boyer (2001) — refers to the proposed cognitive mechanism

HADD hyperactive agency detection device agency detection cognitive science of religion Barrett Boyer
G_1_05 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_1_05 — eDNA and Environmental DNA — Reading Invisible Life

Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to genetic material shed by organisms into their environment — through skin cells, mucus, feces, urine, gametes, decomposing tissue, pollen, root exudates, and other biological residues —

eDNA environmental DNA metabarcoding metagenomic sedimentary ancient DNA sedaDNA
G_1_10 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_1_10 — Photogrammetry and 3D Scanning in Heritage Documentation

Photogrammetry and 3D scanning technologies have transformed archaeological and heritage documentation from two-dimensional plans and photographs into millimeter-accurate, three-dimensional digital records of sites, arti

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G_1_13 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_1_13 — Use-Wear Analysis and Residue Studies — Reading Ancient Tools

Use-wear analysis (also called traceology or microwear analysis) and residue studies are complementary methodologies that determine how ancient tools were used — what materials they processed, what motions were involved,

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G_1_14 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_1_14 — Archaeometry — Physical Science Methods in Archaeology

Archaeometry — the application of physical and chemical science methods to archaeological materials — encompasses a broad range of analytical techniques used to determine the composition, provenance, manufacturing techno

archaeometry XRF NAA ICP-MS Raman FTIR
G_1_06 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_1_06 — Paleoproteomics — Ancient Proteins Beyond DNA

Paleoproteomics is the extraction, identification, and analysis of ancient proteins from archaeological and paleontological materials — an emerging molecular method that extends biological identification far beyond the t

paleoproteomics ancient proteins ZooMS collagen fingerprinting mass spectrometry LC-MS/MS
G_1_01 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_1_01 — Experimental Archaeology: Testing Ancient Technologies

Experimental archaeology is a sub-discipline that tests hypotheses about past technologies, construction methods, and subsistence strategies through physical replication and controlled experimentation. From Thor Heyerdah

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