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Salamanca, Spain: Collective Memory in the Urban Space-Time Continuum
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2006) -
Science, politics, and the human genome: an introductory analysis of the myths and realities surrounding the sociobiological debate
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2002)The examination of critical interpretations of sociobiology in order to determine whether or not these criticisms are based on emotional reactions or valid reviews. -
The setting is not the play: Neanderthals unbound on the European landscape
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005) -
Sex differences and spatial proximity on feeding behaviors in a freeranging population of Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliate) in northeastern Costa Rica
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998) -
Sex estimation in forensic anthropology using the radius, femur, And scapula
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2016)According to the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, "forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques developed in physical anthropology to analyze human remains, and to aid in the detection of crime" ... -
Sexual violence against women in Shoujo Manga
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2010) -
Shamans: Empowered healers or psychopaths
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1982)Article examines the controversy over shamanic inspirication from the vantages of the leading advocates of each position. Ackerknecht is arguing that shamans are normal people filling a particular niche within their ... -
Shir Mohammad Kerbali: A trader in the village markets of Mazandaran
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1983)The article is a brief sketch of some of the activities of a trader, Shir Mohammad Kerbali, in the weekly market cycle in the province of Mazandaran in northern Iran. The markets are all near the city of Babol located in ... -
Sisala marriage
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1973)Sisala marriage is similar to marriage among other tribal groups in northern Ghana. The agnatic group lineage is the important unilineal descent group vis-a-vis marriage and marriage payments are paid by the groom's ... -
Smiles on faces and thumbs in the bread: self-esteem maintenance in a service occupation
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)"Dr. Jekeyll and Mr. Hyde" was a term used by an informant, a grocery store cahsier, to assess accurately how a cashier's attitudes, actions, and self-esteem change with each customer. Every day a cashier will have to ... -
Social control by subsistence patterns in sub-Saharan Africa
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1974)In this paper, author describes the mechanisms of social control found in two agricultural, two pastoral, and two hunting and gathering societies in Africa and makes an attempt to discover whether or not there exists ... -
Social structure and symbols: observations of student-faculty relations within the anthropology club.
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1978) -
Socio-cultural attitudes towards Hansen's disease (leprosy)
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1976) -
Spatial analysis in archaeology: Historical developments and modern applications
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1982)Author presents a critical survey of the development and present state of spatial analyses in archaeology. He traces the root of spatial analysis to Tonnies' distinction between naturally defined spatial relationships ... -
Speculation on the genetic origin of cultural behavior: a key mutation for asymmetry
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1984)The most basic elements of culture which separate humans from other animals are the efficient use of tools and the development of language. Evidence is presented suggesting that a key mutation for lateral dominance ... -
Spirit possession: A case study from Sri Lanka.
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1983)The focus in this case study is Sita, a 19-year-old young adult, who is possessed by a spirit. Sita identified the spirit as "Mahasohona," the demon that frequents graveyards and cemeteries. The cure was an elaborate ... -
Starving in silence: food refusal as social protest in Western culture
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2002)Focus of this paper is anorexia nervosa. Anorexics follow a pattern of food refusal so rigid that it can lead to death if untreated. Ninety percent of people diagnosed with anorexia are women. Author believes that this ... -
Stones and bones: Do the lithic assemblages at the Middle-Upper Paleolithic boundary support the strict replacement hypothesis for modern human origins?
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1995)This article examines archeological theories of Neanderthals' role in human evolution. -
Subsistence and population patterns on the North American Plains
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1977) -
A summary of the skeletal biology of South America
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1993)The purpose of this paper is to summarize the studies carried out in the field of physical anthropology in South America. The primary aspects of the study of physical anthropology are to establish, from a morphological ...