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The Hadza and Kaguru of Tanzania: gender roles and privileges at two subsistence levels
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)Author provides a cultural-ecological interpretation of the roles and place of women in two societies of Tanzania possessing two different subsistence techniques. With a comparison/contrast of the two, this paper ... -
The haunting erotics of gastronomic desire as bodily penetration
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Healing through language: linguistic anthropology and the recovery process of codependency
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1991)There are an estimated twenty-eight million Americans today suffering from the disease of chemical dependency. Their behavior, either while under the influence or in a state of deprivation, adversely affects another 75 ... -
Helminithic infection and anemia in childhood: A comparative analysis of Western and traditional medicine: Amanco jurisdiction, Napo river, Amazon.
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1999)The purpose of this paper is to analyze the conflicting roles of traditional and Western medical systems and the part that they have played in the case of childhood parasitosis and anemia in rural NW Amazonia. This will ... -
A history of Lebanese culture in Wichita
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Hmong Ethnoastronomy
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1990)Reasearch in Hmong astronomy completed with the consultations of native speakers. -
Homo Erectus in America: Possibilities and problems
(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 ... -
How cooking makes us human
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2017)The question of what makes us human is a common one among anthropologists and scientists alike. Many factors of evolution are explored to determine the point in history where our ancient ancestors branched away from primate ... -
How the Athenian Plague affected the topography of Athens and vice versa
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2019)Diseases have been the biggest killers of humans. Some of the deadliest diseases that have afflicted humanity, including smallpox, the flu, tuberculosis, malaria, the bubonic plague, measles, and cholera, are "infectious ... -
Human evolution: an alternate model of hominid social development
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1979)Speculations on the evolution of hominid social structure have become quite popular in recent years. The primary concern of these theorists has been the development of a model which would accurately depict the adaptive ... -
Human rights and human rites: advocacy, relativism, and the issue of female genital mutilation
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2002)Author critically considers the tension within the discipline of anthropology between moral relativists and the advocacy anthropologists who call for research, political action, educational programming, and policy making ... -
Human variability : a discussion of life-span and longevity
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Hunter-gatherer site function in the Blue Ridge mountains: An analysis of artifacts from the Pryors Camp site (44NE153)
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)Archaeological evidence of Middle Archaic through Early Woodland hunter-gatherer occupation in the Central Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia breaks traditional settlement models which characterize upland settlements as small ... -
Ideationalism vs. materialism: contrasting goals, contrasting ends
(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 ... -
Identity, Self-in context: 67214, Wichita, Kansas
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1997)"The purpose of this essay is to examine the kind of relationship that exists between identity and environment. A great amount of thought and theory has been focused on the concept of self and context. This essay attempts ... -
The illusion of a classless society: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or China's new class
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)Author discusses classes and class relationships in Mao Zedong's China. -
Impacts of an American anthropology field school on the host communities in Barbados
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)Although a significant amount of research has been done recently on the effects studying abroad has on students, very little research has examined the effects students and terms abroad programs have on host families and ... -
The importance of the jaguar and the cayman in South American iconography, religion, cosmology
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1987)Author argues that the jaguar is more important -- at least more visible as South American mythical animal. However, the cayman and jaguar both occupy an important place in world literature in both ancient and present ... -
Indian international students in IUP
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2008)Author examines the differences in responses between male and female Indian international students regarding differences in class styles, living arrangements, and social lives. -
Indochinese refugee experiences from 1975 - 1983: preliminary biographical information.
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1987)An investigation of the experiences of Indochinese refugees was undertaken, using primarily biographical material from ten Indochinese refugees. The preliminary information presented covers four areas: experience of civil ...