To and anthropologist diversity is provided as reference and it helps understand any aspect in a community. If we want to know what is to be human beings we have to study the subfields of anthropology, which are socio- cultural, biological, archeology, and linguistic anthropology. Here in North America cultural anthropology is the largest branch practiced. Cultural anthropology studies the evolution of a culture. Cultural anthropologists use the ethnographic method to study humans; they interview people and observe then in their everyday life, they also compare their findings with those of other societies.
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Although the Navajo have had many changes that have occurred in their culture over time they have continued to adapt to them while maintaining the traditions that have been passed down through the generations. Your introduction must include a clear thesis statement that details the specific topics you will present in your paper. The Navajo people, as well as the Apache, originated from Northeastern Alaska and Canada and migrated to the United States. They were originally a foraging society, meaning that they were hunters and gatherers. When the Navajo came into contact with the Pueblo people they learned farming and herding techniques from them, thus changing them into a Pastoralist society.
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SERPENT MOUND An effigy mound is a raised section of land built in the image of either an animal, human, symbol, or any other image that was of great importance to the creators, commonly known as the Mound builders. Mound builders were a Prehistoric group of people that inhabited North America now know as the Midwest in states like Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio from around 3000 BCE to the 16th century CE. The effigy mounds that these people constructed were believed to be built primarily for religious, astrological, and sometimes burial purposes. These mounds hold significant value to many different cultures, primarily Native American, and are also important to the science community but are under an immediate threat. Despite lasting centuries and centuries of natural deterioration, they are being looked at as bumps in the ground that need to be flattened out for urban growth and ever expanding land for farming.
Paleolithic art is classified as either figurative by depicting animals or humans, and nonfigurative by taking the form of signs and symbols. The small figurines or portable art of the Paleolithic period was carved out of bone, antler, stone or modeled in clay. Paleolithic cave art takes the form of paintings, drawings, and engravings on cave walls. Artistic objects made during the Paleolithic era take place in an important place in history, since this is
3 “The Great Transformation?” Review of David Herlihy, The Black Death and the Transformation of the West. http://www.guernicus.com/academics/pdf/brherlihy.pdf (accessed March 27, 2012). 4 Ole J. Benedictow, “The Black Death.” History Today 55, no. 3: 42-49. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed March 27, 2012).
Studies have proven that over 90% of today’s history has been discovered through the study of archaeology. Archaeologist pride themselves on doing extensive research to satisfy the mission of conquering the mystery of prehistoric cultures as many significant developments in human history occurred during prehistory, including the evolution of humanity during the Palaeolithic period also known as the old stone age. There are a substantial amount of theories one has to determine before practicing the act of Archaeology; for one, cultural-history archaeology, which presents the idea of explaining why cultures changed and adapted to particular circumstances rather than just drawing attention to the fact that they did change. While the other theory has a lot to do with the study of past societies with direct continuing links to the existing ones.
Ebu: A Fascinating Case Study of Language and Culture Preservation Author: Elizabeth Odilile Ofili, MD, MPH. Atlanta Georgia This introductory essay is a brief synopsis of an attempt to document my fascination with the emergence of the “ Igala diaspora” The Igala people reside in current day Kogi State in Central Nigeria. The Igala diasporal include communities that trace their language and culture to Igala, however, they have migrated to the surrounding Southern Nigeria states, including Delta and Edo. I am most familiar with the Ebu community in the Oshimili North Local Government of Delta State, Nigeria. My family is from Ebu, and my Dad told us the story of how the Ebu people left Igala land around the 17th Century AD, and migrated South to the current location just west on the bank of the river Niger, in Delta State.
Art is the actual representation of one’s culture and tradition. It is considered to be different kinds of human activities in the certain period of time and the way of living. Everything they did as a human being for the survival and to maintain the living standard in the society is depicted in the art. The different group of people and their different occupations are also clearly shown by the culture. In this way we are able to know the behavior of people and their living style.