Cave Art and the Art of Writing
A look at the styles of prehistoric cave art and how the interpretations have been discussed from shamanic paintings to symbology for hunting grounds.
There has always been a need to understand the psyche and intelligence of our ancestors. For decades anthropologists and archaeologists have debated the cognitive understandings of Palaeolithic man. By looking at certain aspects of his surroundings and evidence found in caves, graves and in...
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The Society of Cahokia
Compares and contrasts the ancient city and society of Cahokia to the city and society of the paper's author.
Introduction
During its peak, Cahokia was the largest and most influential settlement north of Mexico. Cahokia lies in St. Louis, Illinois and consists of about 109 earthen mounds supporting civic buildings and residential areas spread over more than five square miles. Originally, there were 120...
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"The Gift" by Marcel Mauss
"The Gift" by Marcel Mauss
In the article "The Gift" by Marcel Mauss, the author notes the tradition of gift giving in primitive societies, a tradition which may seem voluntary but which is in fact obligatory. He states that there is a double aim in examining this, first to draw...
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Folktales of the Slaves
The folk tales of the black slaves -- the tall tales and the fables -- probably more than any other aspect of their culture was reflective of their status as an entirely unique society. The tales support the idea that rather than possessing a culture that was displaced and carried whole from...
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Death and Dying in Western Cultures
The Tibetan Buddhists meditate on rotting corpse, decaying flesh, and the nothingness that pervades the universe. These systematic and sophisticated visualizations train the mind to confront the fear of bodily pain and death. The transitory nature of life is made salient. No illusion here: we...
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Anthropology Analyzed
Terence Turner reading,
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African Medical Healing
Many citizens of societies and communities in the sub-Saharan Africa practice different kinds of medical healing that is different from the conventional methods of modern medical practice. These groups or communities often resort to traditional therapeutic practices, wherein natural herbs and...
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Science and Medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa
Despite the frequent depiction of medicine and science as disciplines dealing only absolutes, or systems of ideation that are independent of social ideology, these disciplines have had a complicated symbolic history over the course of the 19th and 20th century in sub-Saharan Africa. This has...
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Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa is rural. The West is urban. Africa
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The Cultural Themes of the 60s
The Cultural Themes of the 60s (based on American history in the 1950s)
The events in the year 1960s happened as a result of the movements and radical changes in the life of Americans during the 1950s. These movements/changes became essential in the development and shaping of a new American...
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