Browsing Lambda Alpha Journal by Title
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Navajo culture & its relation to alcoholism
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1969) -
Navigating globalization through myth in Quechua communities of Southern Peru
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2017)My research is positioned at the convergence of myth and globalization, exploring how intercultural contact impacts myth in contemporary Peruvian Quechua communities as well as how myth aids in interpreting and shaping the ... -
The new capitalists of the New Guinea highlands
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1973)This paper is an attempt to discover why the native reaction to the whites should be so different in the highlands when compared to the rest of New Guinea. We must presume that in the pre-white situation there was something ... -
New interpretations of cranial and postcranial material in Neanderthals
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2019)Homo neanderthalensis, colloquially known as "Neanderthals", were first discovered in 1856 at the Kleine Feldhofer Grotte in the Neander Valley near Düsseldorf, Germany. Neanderthals persisted through multiple glacial-interglacial ... -
Nguyen, Gennie Thi. Home is where rice is: maintaining and transforming cultural identity beyond the borders of Vietnam
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)This paper discusses how persisting Vietnamese foodways are critical to sustaining cultural identity for Vietnamese refugees. For any immigrant group, traditional foods represent a connection to the past, function to ... -
Nuances of the nochtli
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2019)The domestication of insects in order to create dye for textiles, food, and cosmetics has been practiced all over the world for much of human history. For instance, the scale insect called kermes, native to coastal ... -
Nutritional ecology: a new perspective
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1972) -
Observations on a preschooler's first experience with cross-cultural living
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1975) -
On the line in Motor City: narratives of Latina auto worker culture
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2010)Latina auto workers are an unrecognized population within the U.S. auto industry. This study gives voice to them by using personal accounts of their struggles working on an assembly line while raising a family. I discuss ... -
On the teaching of anthropology
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1970) -
Orang and bushbaby social life: Why so similar?
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1981)Article is a comparative study of the behavior of the bushbaby and the orang-utan. Both the galago, a prosimian, and the orang , a great ape, exhibit a "solitary" pattern or social structure. Smith correlates similarities ... -
Over home: Rural African American heritage at Lyles Station consolidated school museum
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2019)In the late 19th century, over twenty African American farming communities existed in the state of Indiana. They were populated by formerly enslaved people and free persons of color who, post-Civil War, were looking to ... -
Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2008) -
Palaces of Minoan Crete
(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. -
Paleo-Indian prehistory of South America
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1979) -
Paleodemography in the Southwest
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1977) -
Paria Plateau survey: arohaeological inventory of Indian ruins, Coconino County, Arizona
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1970) -
The peasant concept: its applicability to rural Southeast Asia
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1978) -
Perceptions of malaria among Western populations and the Wandamba of Eastern Africa: A cross-cultural comparison
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)Author describes perceptions of Western and Eatern African (Wandamba) people on malaria, its cause and prevention.