Native American civilizations thrived in the Western Hemisphere before Europeans discovered the New World. These civilizations had many similarities and contributed much to the development of the Latin American culture today. Each civilization was a part from each other, however they had accomplished almost the something and had ideas that ... Read More
Aztec Nation The Aztec Nation A distant sound is heard. It sounds like a deep drum being hit with a heavy instrument. You hear it again and strain your eyes in the direction of the sound. All around you is dense jungle. Snakes slither between your legs. You hear the ... Read More
John MaxwellAnthropologyJune 17, 1997The Ancient Mariners of the Mediterranean and Ming Dynasty ChinaA Comparison of Seafaring in the Ancient WorldAudaces fortuna iuvat! This Roman motto which literally means fortune favors the bold has been cited as a common adage used by business men during the apogee of Roman Imperial domination. ... Read More
Question What is the value of making cross-cultural comparisons? (Miller, Pg11 1999) Cultural anthropology encompasses all aspects of human beliefs, behaviors and ideas. What would the world be like without any knowledge of other cultures? Anthropologists study different cultures to be more understanding and accepting, more appreciative and to enrich ... Read More
Jessica McCorkle11200Review 1Ant.450Goody, Jack. 1994. Culture and Its Boundaries A European View. Assessing Cultural Anthropology. Borofsky, Robert, ed. Pp.250-261. McGraw-Hill, Inc.In the beginning of the article Goody talks about the definition of culture and how it is used. Culture is a difficult word to define. It has many different meanings ... Read More
Transcending the Barriers "My primary interest is to explain something out there that impinges me, and I would sell my soul to the devil if I thought it would help." Eric Wolf, 1987 Eric Wolf's interest into the realm of anthropology emerged upon recognition of the theorist- imposed boundaries, encompassing ... Read More
Grave desecration has been experiences in the United States for nearly two hundred tears without respect to Native Indians first amendment rights to freedom of religion. Indian spirituality is not free from ecology, they are part of the same system of the beliefs for Indians, and their spiritual beliefs are ... Read More
Most contemporary foraging groups, such as the !Kung and other Bushman tribes, are viewed as a primitive people. Some have even gone as far to say that they are the last representatives of the stone age. While it is true that these people have the most similar culture to what ... Read More
During the last Ice Age before humans arrived, the North American continent belonged to various forms of enormous, fantastic creatures. By the end of the Ice Age, most of these large animals had become extinct. Numerous attempts have been made to explain the disappearance of these animals, but there has ... Read More
The Makah are a Native Indian tribe who have recently decided to enact their treaty rights, and start to hunt for whales. These actions have caused an uproar in North America. The Natives state that they are not doing anything but exercising their legal rights. Opponents to their hunting of ... Read More
This paper introduces the Tzotzil Maya by establishing some of the essential information about them. The home of the Tzotzil Maya lies in the highland region of central Chiapas in southeastern Mexico. Their territory has increasingly started to overlap with the Tzeltal, which are also Mayan indigenous people. This has ... Read More
The people of the Kandoka village, located in Papua New Guinea, have quite a unique way of life that differs from that of Western civilization in several ways. They are essentially a simple society based on subsistence horticulture and occasional hunting. With a population of approximately four hundred people, the ... Read More
Mead, Margaret Mead, Margaret (1901-78), American anthropologist, widely known for her studies of primitive societies and her contributions to social anthropology.Mead was born in Philadelphia on December 16, 1901, and was educated at Barnard College and at Columbia University. In 1926 she became assistant curator of ethnology at the American ... Read More
At one time, bison were widespread from Alaska to northern Mexico. Now bison have been exterminated in the wild except in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming and Wood Buffalo Park, Northwest territory, Canada. The bison are gone in the prairie of the United States along with many of the ecosystem's species. ... Read More
The article by Janice Boddy about female circumcisions is very disturbing, as in the way it descirbes in detail the events in the circumcision. Female circumcision is a painful, and unneseccary procedure that is practiced in certain parts of the world. Its believed to be practiced for the reason to ... Read More
Mythology Burial Practices of the Ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman Cultures Ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman practices of preparing the dead for the next cradle of humanity are very intriguing. These two cultures differ in a multitude of ways yet similarities can be noted in the domain of funerary services. In the ... Read More
Mystical Caves Used Throughout Mythology The use of caves in mythology to depict darkness and abandonment has branded it as a symbol of chaos. From this perception other associations are made which connect the cave to prejudices, malevolent spirits, burial sites, sadness, resurrection and intimacy. It is a world to ... Read More
1.The greatest amount of forgetting occurs directly after finishing the learning task. 2.The greatest amount of forgetting occurs rapidly, during the first day. 3.Forgetting is still sizable during the first fourteen days. 4. Forgetting slows down after two weeks, but again there is not much left to forget. 5.Remembering what ... Read More
The Trojan War took place in approximately the 13th century. The ancient Greeks defeated the City of Troy. The Trojan War started after an incident at the wedding feast of Peleus, the king of Thessaly, and Thetis, a sea goddess. All the gods and goddesses of Mt. Olympus had been ... Read More
The GrangeThe Grange was the first major farm organization and began in the 1860's.This organization was created mostly as a social and self-help association notoriginally an organization of protest. During the depression of 1873, thisgroup of bonded friends, became an "agency for political change." They knew inordered to help themselves ... Read More
Seneca Indians Allies and EnemiesSeneca are among the most respected and feared. The Seneca areculturally similar to their Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, an Mohawk confederates. The five tribes were known as the Five Nations or the League of Five Nations. Sometime between 1715 and 1722 the Tuscaroras from North Carolina joined ... Read More
The Anasazi IndiansFrom the scattered references made about the ancient Anasazi Indians inTony Hillerman's A Thief of Time, one can identify several culturalcharacteristics of this mysterious tribe. One can discover how they lived, wherethey lived, their religion, simple day to day activities, and mysteries abouttheir culture. Even though many references ... Read More
British Control of the Caribbean and Its Allusion in Caribbean LiteratureThe British have influenced the perspective of the Caribbean people inmany ways. The people's self awareness, religion, language, and culture hascoped with the influx of British ideals and in coping, the people have changedto appease the islands' highly influential British ... Read More
Sex in AnthropologyVanessa KibbleAnthropological studies are investigations of human life as it functions in asociety. These observations are seen through the eyes of an objectiveanthropologist. But even if an anthropologist is completely objective in his orher studies, can there still be a descrepency in data due to the sex of ... Read More
Muscle GrowthIntroductionWith the introduction of such modern conveniences such as the automobile, remotecontrol, and even the electric toothbrush people are relying on technology to doeverything for them. With a generation growing up in todays society physicaltasks have almost become obsolete. Tasks such as even going shopping and goingout to visit ... Read More
Myths In Human CivilizationThroughout the history of human civilization, myths have been an integral partof human society. Myths have no cultural boundaries as they can be found in allcultural societies. The word myth can be referred to the classical Greek andRoman mythology or a contemporary myth. Regardless of the type ... Read More
Seneca Indians Allies and EnemiesSeneca are among the most respected and feared. The Seneca areculturally similar to their Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, an Mohawk confederates.The five tribes were known as the Five Nations or the League of Five Nations.Sometime between 1715 and 1722 the Tuscaroras from North Carolina joined theconfederacy and ... Read More
AdolescenceAdolescence is the developmental stage between childhood and adulthoodit generally refers to a period ranging from age 12 or 13 through age 19 or 21.Although its beginning is often balanced with the beginning of puberty,adolescence is characterized by psychological and social stages as well as bybiological changes.Adolescence can be prolonged, ... Read More
The Maori of New ZealandThe Maori people, the natives of New Zealand, have played a strong partin the development and success of the small island nation. Their ferocity anddetermination won the respect of the colonizing English, and to this day theyare esteemed members of the society. They hold positions in ... Read More
Waterlily is a book based on the events that happen within a particular Dakota Indian family's life. Not only does it depict the affairs of blue Bird's life and her family, but it documents the rituals and culture of the Dakota people. With illustrative words and graphic details, the incidences ... Read More