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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 ... -
Interaction of diet and disease at the Donnaha site, Yadkin County, North Carolina
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Interwoven Factors Affecting Women’s Reproductive Role Under China’s One-child Only Policy
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Iranian women and perceptions of autonomy
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 1995)The study seeks to understand how reproductive health strategies utilized by Iranian immigrant women in California reflect and affect their social autonomy. -
Is language extinction the hallmark of the Anthropocene?
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2018)The Anthropocene is the geological epoch that we are currently living in and is characterized by human effects on the world and atmosphere on a global scale, starting around the 18th century (Crutzen & Stoermer 2000). The ... -
Japanese women and their connection to the craft movement and craft production in Japan.
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1999)This paper will discuss Japanese women and their involvement with the traditional craft movement and production within Japan. In order to understand Japanese women and their relationship to this movement, one must look ... -
A joking matter: sociolinguistics at work within Southwest Airlines
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998)The purpose of this project is to detennine how the clients of Southwest Airlines react to its use of language, how it functions to create an atmosphere ofcommunity or friendliness with the airline, and explore the ... -
Jung's psychology and the study of myth
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1982)Paper provides an interesting counterpoint to structuralist analyses. Author attempts to correct some fundamental misunderstandings of the Jungian notion of the collective unconscious and its relationship to cultural ... -
Kansa cultural traits and history
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society at Wichita State University, 1986)History of Kansa Indians migrations an cultural connections -
A Kansas Folsom site may have preceded the famous type site in New Mexico
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1988)Paleo-Indian excavations in New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas ard dating of finding is discussed. -
The Katsina cult and Pueblo IV religious and political organization
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)Author evaluates the interpretations of origin and evolution of the Pueblo Katsina Cult and proposes her own explanation of on the role of Katsina Cult in the Pueblo society. -
Kivas of the Southwest
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Lambda Alpha Journal of Man, v 19 (complete version)
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1988)This issue of LAJ consists of six articles: The cannibalism issue: structuralist and materialist interpretations and other concerns by Jeffrey P. Blick; Summer school is monkey business by Jay DeVane; A Kansas Folsom site ...