Tag Archives: Anthropology

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-19

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Avast, ye scally wags! Happy Talk Like a Pirate day! Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Updates for 2009-09-18

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Carl Feagans

RT @BoraZ shared Ways of Knowing http://tinyurl.com/lwfrlr An interesting read for those who confront the issue # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Sacrifice and the Anthropology of Religion

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Image via Wikipedia Mention the word “sacrifice” in a religious context and, for many people, thoughts of young virgins tossed in volcanoes by a Polynesian King or lying on altars below the obscenely sharp obsidian blade of an Aztec ruler. … Continue reading →

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Call for Submissions

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Tomorrow is the day for the Four Stone Hearth: My birthday edition! That’s right, I pass another annual milestone and will celebrate by sharing some wonderful anthropology writing around the net. If you have a blog post of interest to … Continue reading →

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Online Comic About Archaeology

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Carl Feagans

If you like comics, the internet, and archaeology, you really must check out this short online comic. The Secret in the Cellar: A Written in Bone forensic mystery from colonial America. This webcomic is based on a very real forensic … Continue reading →

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The Best of Anthro? Me?

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Image via Wikipedia If you’ve never visited Neuroanthropology, you’re missing a great anthro-blog! The WordPress theme they use is pleasant to the eye and the content is stimulating for the brain in a wonderful blend of neuroscience and anthropology. Daniel … Continue reading →

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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Reviewing an Ethnography

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Carl Feagans

I recently had the pleasure of reading Ruth Benedict’s The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, an ethnography done in an experimental style just at the end of World War II in 1946. Benedict studied anthropology under Franz Boas and was the … Continue reading →

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Neanderthals were not stupid

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Carl Feagans

It has long been thought that one of the reason Homo sapiens eventually dominated the hominid line, colonizing Africa and Europe beginning at around 40,000 years ago and eradicating or out-competing the Neanderthals, was that they were technologically advantaged. The … Continue reading →

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The Serpent Mound

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Carl Feagans

We really don’t know for sure what most ancient, pre-literate cultures used many of their monumental constructions for. We’re reasonably sure about things like the pyramids of Egypt and the temples of Greece, but these examples of architecture were constructed … Continue reading →

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Big Flower that Looks at Sun God

Posted on June 1, 2008 by admin

It’s been held that the sunflower was originally domesticated in eastern North America then introduced to Mexico -the sunflower is a major seed crop in the world when it comes to obtaining oils. But recent evidence suggests very strongly that … Continue reading →

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