Anthropic units


The term anthropic unit is used with different meanings in archaeology, in measurement and in social studies.

In archaeology

In archaeology anthropic units are strata or deposits of material containing a high proportion of man-made detritus. For example:

In measurement

Following the coinage of the term "anthropic principle" by Brandon Carter in 1973–4, units of measurement that are on a human scale are occasionally referred to as "anthropic units", as for example here:

In social studies

In fields of study such as sociology and ethnography, anthropic units are identifiable groupings of people. For example:
and: