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Aids in Africa: an economic perspective
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1991)The global Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic has had severe economic ramifications for some countries in Africa. Third World countries have scarce resources to devote to AIDS education or treatment, and ... -
”AIDS is in my blood”: An analysis of community activism, social change, and the AIDS crisis in South Africa
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)With the highest rate of HIVIAIDS in the world (1 in 5 are HIV positive), the AIDS crisis permeates every realm of South African society (Coovadia 2009:818). The political, economic, and social burdens on families heightened ... -
Analysis and interpretation of Block H, Mountaineer site, Gunnison, Colorado
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2017)By 2015, Western State Colorado University's archaeological field school had completed excavations uncovering six Folsom structures at Block A, B, F, G, and H (Stiger, Block F 2016). All six structures, (Block A contains ... -
Analysis of the bushmeat phenomenon within the cradle of civilization
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An analysis of the chimpanzees of the Sedgwick County Zoo
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1992)In recent decades, much attention has been devoted to the study of primates in the wild. There has, however, been little research done on primates in captivity. This study focuses on a captive chimpanzee troop in the ... -
An analysis of voids in ceramics
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1984)Compression voids caused by the presence of air trapped during the kneading process and given their preferred orientation by paddling are found in cerawics throughout the ceramic sequence with few exceptions. These ... -
Analysis on the health and socio-cultural effects of female genital mutilation
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2017)According to the World Health Organization, over 125 million girls and women alive today have undergone the practice of female genital circumcision (FGC)n. It has also been condemned by the United Nations General Assembly ... -
Anthropology and conflict
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Anthropology, the equitable approach?
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The archaeological record of kingship at Quirigua: an analysis of the classic period dynastic record through monumental sculpture
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2008)The article analyses archaeological record of Quirigua, an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala. The site is known for its beautiful and well-preserved monumental ... -
The archaic banner-stone: a social category marker
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1973)Over the past decades a great variety of' explanations has been offered to describe the function of' the banner-stone, one of' the articles traditionally included in the class or "problematic” stone artifacts from the ... -
The archetypal actions of ritual Caroline Humphrey and James Laidlaw, 1994
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Are tarsiers really a taxonomic enigma?
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Attainment of higher states of consciousness by natural means: North America: The vision quest of the Sioux; Indian: Transcendental meditation of the Vedic tradition
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)The mind is able to transcend so-called ordinary or gross perception to come to the Sacred or inner perception by natural means, and furthermore, this experience is an actual change in one's consciousness--hence the ... -
Behind bars: an investigation of bartenders in Missouri-St. Louis
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The Berdache as shaman: an analysis
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1984)The phenomenon of berdache sexual inversion among the Northern Plains Indians continues to be both a source of interest and confusion for anthropologists. Early ethnohistoric literature and later causal analyses of the ... -
Beyond the plan: plot farming in Hungary
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1983)In the course of the collectivization campaign in Hungary, the options open to the peasantry were very limited or at least heavily channeled toward specific directions. Options were open, however, as regards the engagement ... -
Beyond the total institution: an ethnographic report
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1973)The following description of recidivistic ex-inmates is drawn from an ongoing participant observational study of unemployed seamen living in several sailors' taverns on the waterfront of a European port. Data was collected ... -
Bhakti, Buddhism and the Bhagavad-Gita
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1977)In this paper, author outlines one possible influence in the development of the doctrine of Bhakti-Marga (a devotional type of worship in Hinduism) as presented in the Bhagavad-Gita (a Hindu philosophical text). This ... -
Bitch: an example of semantic development and change
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1984)Perhaps the most undisputable statement which can be made about language is that it changes. This process of change has occurred since the beginning of spoken language and most definitely remains active in the present ...