Dillehay discusses his work as the original lead archaeologist at Monte Verde, Chile, as well as the changing relationship between researchers and the region's indigenous peoples.
The view that over time ancient human nutrition declined and disease increased creates debate; for an updated version of this article, see 'Anthropology Explored, 2nd ed.'
Personal account of graduate student's first trip to Africa as an archaeological fieldworker on the Semliki Research Expedition in eastern Zaire (renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997).
Anthropology professor Krulfeld's work focuses on refugee women and their self-empowerment through the formation of an organization for women, The Lao-American Women's Association.
Perspectives from 3 experts--an archaeologist, a computer specialist, and an educator--provide insights about using computer-based opportunities to study Central American history and culture.
Lubkemann's research during Mozambique's long civil war shows that social existence in war is constituted as much by everyday social struggles and concerns as by the problems of violence.
By using new evidence from climatology, history, ethnography, and archaeology, the author refutes earlier scholars' assertions about the origins and growth of the great pueblos in the North American Southwest.
Five ethnographic documentary films provide glimpses of northern Afghan culture in the early 1970s; article includes lesson objectives and discussion topics suitable for grades 10-12 and college.
Refugees present one of the international community's most pressing moral and ethical dilemmas; for an updated version of this article, see 'Anthropology Explored, 2nd ed.'
Based on his study of autism in over a dozen countries, Grinker defines autism and presents brief case studies of how families in India cope with their autistic children.
Websites with a variety of anthropology-related content useful to pre-collegiate teachers from kindergarten through senior high; search by title in boldface type as some links have changed since publication.
Summary of how former participants in the GWU/Smithsonian Institution 'Anthropology for Teachers' program incorporate anthropology into their teaching.
Carlos, Manuel L.; Gutierrez, Juan Jose; Knutson, Melody(1995)
The Quer?ro Research Project is an innovative binational research and training project at 2 universities, UC Santa Barbara and the Autonomous University of Quer?ro, Mexico.