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Book review: A history of anthropological theory, Paul A.Erickson and Liam D.Murphy, 2001

Brocksieker, Lori (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

Review of the 2nd edition of the college textbook "A History of Anthropological Theory" by Erickson and Murphy, 2001. Recommended as a good overview of major anthropological theories and figures.
Book review: The killing of history: How literary critics and social theorists are murdering our past, Keith Windschuttle, 1996

Belford, Troy A. (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

Reviewer supports the author's efforts to point out to the dander of postmodernistic and other cultural studies attempts to change a balance between empirical evidences and theoretical interpretations in historical research.
Book review: The Marquesan notion of the person, John Kirkpatrick, 1983

Macaluso, Nick (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

A review of the Kirkpatrick's book based on his study of the Marquesan notion of self completed in 70s.
A co-evolutionary look at a host-parasite interaction: sickle cell anemia and malaria

Casey, Kimberly (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

This paper discusses sickle cell anemia, malaria, and how the malaria parasites played a role in human evolution by providing protective qualities that insured reproductive success in individuals who carried the sickle ...
A comparative study between two organizations that integrate religions

Stepanek, Patricia A. (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

Author shows that Sunset Spiritualist Church and Camp and Inter-Faith Ministries, two Kansas religious organizations, are more similar than different. They differ in their methods towards creating the utopia future that ...
Creative commodification of handicrafts, the encounter between the export market and the indigenous weaver: comparisons of Latin American weaving communities

Wethey, Eliza (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

Processes of integration of traditional weaving of Latin America to market
Dowry and marriage ideology in modern-day India: Tradition borne from modernization

Jain, Nidhi (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

Author describes a contradictory dynamic of tradition and modernization in contemporary India where antient practice of dowry remains a cultural law despite modernization and anti-dowry legislation. A status of Indian women ...
Lambda Alpha Journal, v.35 (complete version)

Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

The thirty fifth volume of Lambda Alpha Journal includes includes seven papers with topics in biological, archaeological, and cultural anthropology, books reviews, and an updated list of chapters and advisors, followed ...
Letter from the editor

Moore-Jansen, Peer H. (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)
Palaces of Minoan Crete

Deep, Allison (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

Author discusses Minoan palatial forms, their origin, features, and architectural values as the important source of historical and archeological studies.
Perceptions of malaria among Western populations and the Wandamba of Eastern Africa: A cross-cultural comparison

Snover, Keirsten E. (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)

Author describes perceptions of Western and Eatern African (Wandamba) people on malaria, its cause and prevention.
The setting is not the play: Neanderthals unbound on the European landscape

Dreher, Matt (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)