Anthropology 212
(Introduction to Cultural Anthropology)
Some Power Point Lecture Presentations in Adobe Acrobat ("pdf") format.
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First Segment Power Points- The Nature of Culture
- Introduction to "A Man Called Bee"
- Facial Expressions of Emotion
- Genes and Culture: Dual Systems of Inheritance
- Chimpanzee Culture
- Cultural Evolution
- Energy and Ecology
- Arctic and Amazonian Ecosystems
Second Segment Power Points
- The Power of Spices
- Economic Formations or Energy Extraction Systems
- Netsilik & Yanomamö Infanticide
- Family and Marriage
- Kinship, Kin Terms, & Descent
- Romantic Marriage
- Dowry and Brideprice Systems
- Incest
- Dadi's Family
- The Mende
Third Segment Power Points
- Divorce
- Sharing
- Female-Male Differences
- Division of Labor
- Political Participation
- Sexual Behavior
- Some Women of Marrakech
- Ember and Ember on Warfare
- Warfare
Four Segment Power Points
- Blood Revenge
- Variation in Zapotec Violence
- Iraqi Clan & Tribal Organization
- Proximate Causes Yanomamö Warfare
- War in the Fourth World
- We are Mehinaku
- Religion
- Decline of Violence