Browsing Lambda Alpha Journal, v.39, 2009 by Issue Date
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Letter from the editor
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Finding our way: Osage ribbonwork and revival
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)Ribbonwork, the cutting and sewing of ribbons into geometric patterns, is practiced by various Plains Indian tribes, for example the Osage Nation of Oklahoma. The ribbonwork of the Osage is placed upon traditional clothing, ... -
The coexistence of hunger and obesity: Examining the binary burden of the nutrition paradox and future implications
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)This paper investigates some of the explanations for the nutrition transition, including examining the changes in diets of people in the United States as well as looking at the Westernization of diets across the world. ... -
Captive orangutan locomotion and its relation to the origin of human bipedalism
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)One of the prominent questions in paleoanthropological studies is the origin of bipedalism. There have been several hypotheses presented on the ancestral type of locomotion that predated bipedalism. These hypotheses include ... -
Levels of affiliation between members of a captive family group of white-faced Saki monkeys (Pithecia pitheciay)
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)White-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia pitheciai are monogamous primates rarely studied in the wild. Little is known about their affiliative behavior. This study examined levels of affiliation between five members of a captive ... -
Book review: Never again the burning times: Paganism revived, Loretta Orion, 1995
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)Review of the book "Never Again the Burning Times: Paganism Revived" by Loretta Orion (v, 322 p., Waveland Press, 1995) -
Lambda Alpha Journal, v.39 (complete version)
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)LAJ v.39 presents five papers with topics in biological, archaeological and cultural anthropology, three book reviews, and abstracts of student papers presented at the 11th Annual Symposium of Lambda Alpha. The volume ... -
Practice, culture and belief among independent inventors: A preliminary study
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)This research looks at a number of cultural resources, material and ideological, inventors use to produce, justify and market inventions. While the sample is small, and limited to one particular kind of inventors, the study ... -
Book review: Good company: A study of Nyakyusa age-villages, Monica Wilson, 1963
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)Review of the book Good Company: A Study of Nyakyusa Age-Villages by Monica Wilson (XII, 278 p., Beacon Press, 1963) -
Book review: Cebuano sorcery: Malign magic in the Philippines, Richard Lieban, 1967
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)Review of the book Cebuano Sorcery: Malign Magic in the Philippines by Richard Lieban (viii, 163 p., University of California Press, 1967) -
11th Annual Lambda Alpha Symposium, Wichita State University, April 18, 2009
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009-04-18)Neanderthals and their relation to Homo sapiens / Kyle Ackerman -- A historical review of environmental Archaeology / Shannon Arney -- “The omu: An asmat tradition” (An Anthropological film) / Troy Belford -- The garifuna ...