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Mesoamerican Archaeology
Jaguars and Were-Jaguars: Olmec Art and Iconography
Folk Religion and Healing Traditions
Appalachian Faith Healers and Granny Magic Traditions
Cultural Practices and Infant Care
Breastfeeding Customs and Cultural Practices Through History
African Cultures and Colonial History
Cultural Perceptions of Time in Africa: Colonial Impact
Food and Culture
Chinese Restaurants in America: Exoticism, Compromise, and the Model Minority
Cultural Identity and Heritage
Growing Up Italian and Catholic: Family, Food, and Friendship
Southern African Cultures
Bleek, Bushman Poetry, and Race in Southern Africa
Cultural Observation and Fieldwork
Teen Behavior at the Mall: A Cultural Observation Study
Paleoanthropology
Neanderthal vs. Modern Human: Differences and Similarities
Indigenous Peoples and Culture
If the Weather Permits: Inuit People and Modernity
Personal Ethnography
Ibo Cultural Identity and the Nigerian American Experience
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Anthropology: Skeletal Trauma Analysis Explained
Native American Studies
Ritual and Worldview in Native American Traditions
Amazonian Ethnography
Huaorani Subsistence, Kinship, and Cultural Contact in Ecuador
Hunter-Gatherer Societies
Sahlins' Original Affluent Society: Hunter-Gatherer Wealth
Hunter-Gatherer Societies
Modern Foraging: Urban Gathering and Hunter-Gatherer Roots
African Cultural Practices
Grief and Death Rituals Among the Tutsi of Burundi
Cross-Cultural Studies
Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions: France, Italy, Arab World & Indonesia
Human-Animal Relations
Mastery Over Nature and the Exotic Animal Trade
Ethnographic Methods
Tsing vs. Pritchard: Comparing Ethnographic Methods
Indigenous Food Culture
The Inuit Diet and Cultural Connection to Food
Folklore and Mythology
Comparative Analysis of the Cinderella Folktale Across Cultures
Consumer Ethnography
Ethnography of Shopping: Scoop vs. Century 21
Food and Cultural Identity
Kimchi as Matrilineal Artifact: A Korean Family Tradition
Native American Cultures
Hopi Snake Dance vs. Assiniboine Sun Dance Compared
Cultural Identity and Ethnicity
Ideal Culture vs. Real Culture: Ethnicity and Stereotypes
Native American Ethnobotany
Seminole Ethnobotany: Faith, Food, and the Sacred Land
Human Evolution and Primatology
Humans as a Diverse Primate Species: Similarities and Differences
Ancient Mesoamerican Cultures
Mayan Religion, Sacrifice, and Warfare Explained
Anthropological Theory
Marxist Anthropology vs. American Materialism Explained
Cultural Evolution
Culture and the Evolutionary Process: Boyd & Richerson Analyzed
Ethnicity and Identity
Ethnicity and Nation-States: Comparing Europe and Africa
Comparative Death Rituals
Death Rituals in Egyptian and Hindu Cultures Compared
Indigenous Peoples of South America
Huaorani of Ecuador: Tradition, Culture, and Modern Threats
Globalization and Development
Globalization, Deforestation, and Madagascar's Role in World Systems
Applied Anthropology
Ethics in Anthropology: Social Scientists in Military Conflicts
Ethnographic Research
Ethnographic Study of a Military Family Medical Center
Material Culture and Consumer Semiotics
Coca-Cola Semiotics: Branding, Material Culture & Identity
Cultural Theory
Kroeber and Kluckhohn's Definition of Culture Explained
Economic Anthropology
Capitalism, Culture, and Globalization: A Cross-Cultural View
Contemporary Chinese Society
School Killings in China: Anthropological Review of 2010
Mesoamerican Civilizations
The Mayan Calendar: Sophistication, Symbolism, and Mystery
Research Ethics and Fieldwork
Ethics of the Human Terrain System and Anthropological Research
Native American Studies
Mankiller, Hensley, and Geronimo: Native American Leadership
Cultural Evolution Theory
White's Energy Theory and U.S. Cultural Evolution Since 1950
Cultural Neuroscience and Adolescent Development
Cross-Cultural Differences in Adolescent Brain Development
Cultural Anthropology
Culture in Anthropology: Definition, Concepts, and Archaeology
Ethnographic Fieldwork
Ethnographic Observation at JFK International Airport