Settlement Mounds, Tells And Tepes
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A 7 page overview of the formation of settlement mounds such as those found in the Mid East and the Americas constructed by aboriginal inhabitants. Discusses the mechanics of their structure and the changes which they experience over time. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Mounds.wps

Sexual Behaviors of the Amazon People
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An in-depth 5 page review of Thomas Gregor's book entitled "Anxious Pleasures : Sex Lives of an Amazonian People. Practices, myths, and various aspects are explored in great detail.
Filename: Amazonsx.wps

Sidney W. Mintz/Anthropologist
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A 12 page research paper that analyzes two books by anthropologist Sidney W. Mintz—Worker in the Cane and Sweetness and Power. The writer discusses the relationship between the two works and what they communicate to the public concerning the opinions of Mintz. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 00mintz.rtf

Sikh Organization and Policy
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A 7 page paper on the Sikh Organization that discusses how and why it was formed, how the country has responded to it, and what its influence is in the world today. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Sikh.wps

Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Indians / Family Tradition & Social Structure
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A 10 page research paper in which the writer discusses the family traditions, social practices, and political organization of this Minnesota/Eastern Dakota tribe. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Nativein.wps

Sixteenth Century Wedding Festivities: The Subject of Considerable Historical and Contemporary Criticism
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An 8 page description of the festivities which often accompanies sixteenth century English weddings. The author notes that these weddings essentially consisted of two components, the secular and the non-secular. This paper observes that the most criticized component, the excesses associated with the celebrations, is often blamed on the lower classes of society when in reality even the most prestigious members of society occasionally succumbed to the temptation of excess presented by the wedding festivities. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPweddng.rtf

Smiling & Contemporary Society / Issues In Non-Verbal Communication
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In this thoughtful 7 page essay, the writer discusses the meaning of smiling in modern American society and it how it functions differently for different people as an example of non-verbal communication. Of particular interest, is the difference between genders : men are often ridiculed if they smile "too much" whereas women are expected to smile constantly. Some cross-cultural comparisons are also made between perceptions of situational smiling in the United States and Europe. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Smiling.wps

Social Action for Survival: India's Chipco Movement, Malaysia's Penan Movement, and Chico Mendes' Brazilian Rubber Tappers' Movement
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A 4 page overview of these three environmental movements. The author emphasizes that these movements have been the desperate acts of traditional peoples to save their indigenous lands, lands upon which their very survival as a people depends. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPanthTr.rtf

Social Anthropology / Observations of Homosexuals
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A 3 page essay in which the writer reflects upon a one-time experiment-- purposefully observing the style, dress, mannerism, and subculture of homosexuals in New York City's Greenwich Village. Reported on is simply what was seen and observed.. The writer concludes that we cannot make assumptions about people based upon their sexuality and that homosexuals are 'people before they are anything else.' No Bibliography.
Filename: Homoobsv.wps

Social Anthropology: Insight Into Our Own Society and Culture
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A 5 page paper which discusses how the study of social anthropology helps us understand our own society and culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAanthro.wps

Social Darwinism and Australia’s Aborigines
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A 5 page contention that racism has been one of the primary shapers of contemporary Australian society. In the nineteenth century in particular the concept of racial inferiority was purported by a number of disciplines. Anthropology, medicine, psychology, and sociology all became vehicles of racism as they proposed and supported theories which perpetuated disenfranchisement and segregation of the aborigines from mainstream Australian society. The premises of social Darwinism held that the fittest would survive while the weaker and inferior aborigines would perish. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPabo6.rtf

Social Institutions and Behavior as Separate from the People Who Support Them
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This 5 page report discusses how anthropologists have invented categories of social behavior or institutions and use them in order to study the pattern of life lived by a group of people even if the individuals within such a group may not necessarily be personally living what the larger group or institution would suggest. Examples of where groups overlap and how people fit into the social framework are presented. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWinsoc.rtf

Social Mobility: Differences in Class and Caste
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A 4 page discussion of the numerous factors which can limit social mobility. While mobility between castes is perceived as impossible in the traditional caste system, it is possible to move within and between classes on the basis of merit and hard work. Even in the class system, however, social mobility is limited by such factors as gender bias, racism, and prejudice. No sources are listed.
Filename: PPcaste.rtf

Social Structure and Subsistence Pattern
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A 5 page address of three specific questions relating to the hunter gatherer vs. pastoralist vs. farming subsistence patterns. No sources are listed.
Filename: PPanthSocStrctr.rtf

Social Systems Distinguished From Culture
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A 5 page definition of these two concepts. Emphasizes that culture is a determinant of microsociological aspects of human interaction while social systems are most often concerned with macrosociological aspects of human interaction. Both culture and social systems are subject to evolutionary processes, however, and aspects of both are intertwined with each other. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPsocSys.wps

Socialization and the Individual
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A 7 page discussion of the way cultural factors begin to act on us as children to prepare us for our respective roles as adults. This paper examines the popular concept of the individual in relation to traditional cultures. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPanthSocialization.rtf

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