he aftermath of Globalization leaves the anthropological-cultural world not merely in pieces‚ as one of the most accepted anthropological analysts of the time‚ Clifford Geertz‚ postulates‚ but in dust: A seemingly atomized‚ incoherent mesh of individuals‚ who can’t be attributed to a specific ethnic background anymore‚ and who are barely representative members of the nation-states which issue their passports. By all traditional measurements‚ this conglomeration of individualized humans should not
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heaps of information just by studying the skeleton. Another example of figurative language of forensic anthropology is “Giving faces to the lost.” We aren’t literally gonna go make a face and give it to someone who is lost(dead)‚ that would be absurd! This simply means that we are going to try and figure out who the skeleton was before he/she died. My personal favorite example of forensic anthropology figurative language is “Dead man talking.” Now I hope you know that dead people cannot actually talk
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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology NAME: Satyam Bharadwaj (810581584) “Life Without Chiefs” Marvin Harris Homework #5 due Tuesday‚ Oct. 9‚ 2012 10 pts 1. D According to Marvin Harris in “Life Without Chiefs‚” hunter/gatherers had a. no formal leaders b. headmen c. leaders who were respected by the people‚ but had no authority to command d. all of the above 2. C According to Harris‚ leaders called “big men” appear in societies whose economies
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The chapter 2 in the textbook “Cultural Anthropology” mentions about the reflection in culture of nonhuman primates onto human’s one. In this chapter‚ I really impress about the idea “natural selection”. “Natural selection is the process by which organism better adapt to the environment reproduce more effectively compared with less well-adapted forms”(“The evolution of humanity and culture”) The “natural selection”‚ for me‚ is the best explanation for the difference between our modern humans and
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Christina Martinez HCS 3102 Cultural Anthropology Horowitz Observing Hayes Valley in San Francisco I sat along the west wide of the Hayes Valley Park in San Francisco‚ on a cold damp cement park bench‚ around four-thirty on a Friday afternoon. The day was bright‚ with lingering clouds over head; a chilly breeze was passing through in mild to quick bursts. There were approximately twenty-five people who stayed at the park during the entire observation; a bit difficult to track everyone coming
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“A Language‚ Not Quite Spanish‚ With African Echoes” 1. In which region and in what country is San Basilio located? What is the language of the linguistic minority in this region? What are the cultural advantages of being in this linguistic minority? Answer: San Basilio is located in the Caribbean region of Columbia. The language spoken is Palenquero. The cultural advantages of being in this linguistic minority are that they are closer knit with everyone in the community. Everyone within the community
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Rites of Passages of Human Beings from Birth Rites of passages are stages in life every person goes through‚ for example‚ getting your very first car. Every culture have different types of rites of passages‚ in the Jewish culture they have bar mitzvahs for boys that have turned thirteen years old. And in North America they have sweet sixteen birthday parties for girls on their sixteenth birthday. Getting married is another example of a rite of passage‚ showing that you are fully entering
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The Book of the Dead Introduction There were a number of spells in the Book of the Dead to protect spirits from insect attacks. The Book of the Dead had many uses. This ‘book’ could come in many styles‚ but they did not all look the same. It was thought that it was first wrote by one man to be safe throughout the journey to the other life. Finally‚ the Book of the Dead was a ‘book’ that guided one’s spirit safely to the afterlife‚ believed to be written first by the scribe‚ “Thoth”‚ with colored
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Found in northeast Arizona‚ Chevelon Pueblo was theorized to have flourished for a time but then eventually abandoned. It is recognized as the third largest of the eight ancestral Hopi pueblos. This site provides features such as 500 rooms‚ plazas and kivas that give vital evidence supporting that an ancient civilization used to reside there. Although it is obvious that the site was abandoned‚ it has not yet been proven as to how‚ when and why the inhabitants dispersed. However theories such as‚
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Assignment 3 The excavation of El Loro unearthed numerous old artifacts. It uncovered pots‚ bottles‚ textiles‚ grinding stones‚ and numerous other items once used by this lands inhabitants. Based on the law of superposition we know that the stratum furthest down is the oldest and the stratum closest to the surface is the newest. Another fact that we have for excavation is the law of association stating that‚ items near one another or in the same stratum are from the same time period. From those
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