Lambda Alpha Journal of Man, v.17, no.1-2, 1985-1986

 

<p>The <i> Lambda Alpha Journal of Man </i> is published annually by the Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University. The Journal of Man is partially funded by the Wichita State University Student Government Association. </p> <p><u>Editor-In-Chief </u> : Dr. Arthur H. Rohn <br> <u> Student Editors</u> : Jan Smith and Lorna Batterson </p>

Recent Submissions

  • Theme and variation in Chinese religion 

    Maurine, Huang (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society at Wichita State University, 1986)
    This paper is a study of religious differences and similarities as reported in ethnographies from Taiwan. The paper descusses the calendrical observations of the Lunar New Year and the birthday or other celebrations ...

  • Lambda Alpha Journal of Man, v.17, no.1/2 (complete version) 

    Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society at Wichita State University, 1986)
    This issue of the LAJ consists of five articles: Kansas cultural traits and history by Ronald W. Breth; Homo Erectus in America: Possibilities and Problems by Frederick G. Dreier; The economy of respect in a North Indian ...

  • Kansa cultural traits and history 

    Breth, Ronald W. (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society at Wichita State University, 1986)
    History of Kansa Indians migrations an cultural connections

  • Homo Erectus in America: Possibilities and problems 

    Dreier, Frederick G. (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society at Wichita State University, 1986)
    With archaeological dates of >30,000 supporting human presence in the New World, there emerges the possibility that ~ sapiens may not have been the first human occupant in North America. The possibilities for Homo erectus ...

  • The economy of respect in a North Indian village 

    Lapoint, Elwyn C.; Joshi, P.C. (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society at Wichita State University, 1986)
    The economy of respect involves symbolic interaction signifying deference or esteem. The paper examines the patterning of these symbolic exchanges in a north Indian village. It describes the criteria by which ...

  • Ideationalism vs. materialism: contrasting goals, contrasting ends 

    Heinricher, Peter M. (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society at Wichita State University, 1986)
    Recent debates over the meaning and content of culture have divided anthropology into two main camps: ideationalists and materialists. On one aspect of the controversy, food taboos and preferences, the ideationalist viewpoint ...