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Comments on Caddo Origins in Northwest Louisiana [PDF]
This paper presents some of my thoughts on the issue of Caddo origins from the perspective of the Red River drainage in northwest Louisiana. These ideas were assembled prior to the Caddo discussion group meeting held in December 2008 and have been only ...
Girard, Jeffery S.
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RETHINKING NAVAJO SOCIAL THEORY [PDF]
Hal Scheffler, in arguing that native concepts about procreation provide the basis for kin reckoning universally, presented considerable evidence for his argument, in addition to the extension rules for which he is best known, This essay applies this ...
Shapiro, Warren
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Neki vidovi filozofske i kulturne antropologije
Die vorliegende Arbeit soll die Konturen eines Menschen zeichnen, der als Grundlage zur Konzeption einer offenen Kultur dienen könnte. Die Stützpunkte der philosophischen und der Kulturanthropologie sind: A) Philosophische Anthropologie (Aristoteles, Thukydides usw.): a) passivistische Konzeption b) aktivistische Konzeption; B) Kulturanthropologie (18.
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL METHODS FOR DETERMINING A MAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL TYPE
The work presents the results of anthropometric examination of 605 men of the first period of maturity (21-35 years old), indicating the possibility of identifying the height, weight, and constitutional affiliation of unknown men by their remains.
S.A.Khakimov, Sh.Yu.Rajabov
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Does culture matter at all in explaining why people still use traditional medicines? [PDF]
Why do individuals still use traditional medicines when modern treatments are available? Economic explanations for an individual’s use of traditional instead of modern medicines are scarce and often fail to consider explanations beyond the conventional ...
Costa-i-Font, Joan, Sato, Azusa
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Sustainable development projects: explicit and acroamatic story telling as part of a new ‘project ethnography’ [PDF]
This paper constitutes an attempt to find a means to represent multiple stories in the strong narrative of conventional sustainable development (SD) projects. The author’s experience of such projects in various parts of the world indicates that they have
Bell, Simon, Morse, Stephen
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Relational Identities and Other-Than-Human Agency in Archaeology
Relational Identities and Other-than-Human Agency in Archaeology explores the benefits and consequences of archaeological theorizing on and interpretation of the social agency of nonhumans as relational beings capable of producing change in the world ...
Harrison-Buck, Eleanor, Hendon, Julia A.
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A Flexible Corporation: Classic Period House Societies in Eastern Mesoamerica
House society models, based on the work of Levi-Strauss but since refined by cultural anthropologists and archaeologists, provide a good model for understanding social organization among the ancient Maya and their neighbors in Mesoamerica based on a ...
Hendon, Julia A., Joyce, Rosemary A.
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Understanding How Undergraduate Students Experience and Manage Stress: Implications for Teaching and Learning Anthropology [PDF]
Research has shown that negative effects of stress on undergraduate students can have a significant impact on their college experience. Most of what we know about this topic is quantitative, based on surveys that provide self-reported information for ...
Morey, Taylor, Taylor, Nicole
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The "New Serbian Anthropology" project has a dual purpose. One is to present the development path of constituting Serbian anthropology, and the other is to present it to a wider readership through a selection of works that represent it.
Editorial Board
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