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“Socioeconomic Status And Child Death In 19th Century Rochester, New York”, Akanksha Aggarwal
“Socioeconomic Status And Child Death In 19th Century Rochester, New York”, Akanksha Aggarwal
Anthropology
Socioeconomic status, or SES, is the measure of one’s individual/familial social and economic position in society in relation to others. The higher one’s SES, the better their financial and social standing and, consequently, the better chance for a healthy and long life. This was especially the case for infants and children in the 19th century, when the United States lacked social safety net programs. During the latter part of the 19th century, deaths in urban areas like Rochester increased, due to growing populations and reduced sanitation. This study focuses on the correlation between socioeconomic status and the death of children …
Shaft Tombs And Figures In West Mexican Society: A Reassessment., James Aimers
Shaft Tombs And Figures In West Mexican Society: A Reassessment., James Aimers
Anthropology
No abstract provided.
Teaching Im/Migration Through An Ethnographic Portrait Project, Jennifer R. Guzmán, Melanie A. Medeiros, Gwendolyn Faulkner
Teaching Im/Migration Through An Ethnographic Portrait Project, Jennifer R. Guzmán, Melanie A. Medeiros, Gwendolyn Faulkner
Anthropology
The Im/migrant Ethnographic Portrait Project was designed for introductory cultural anthropology courses and has a threefold aim: 1) to familiarize students with research methods, 2) to facilitate students’ deeper understanding of migration by connecting course readings with a hands-on project, and 3) to humanize im/migrants by bringing students into one-on-one conversations where they will hear a person’s story in their own words. To support students’ success with this semester-long project and to ensure (as far as is possible) that no harm is done, we provide instruction and feedback through a series of progressive assignments. In this essay we explain each …
The Ugly Duckling: Insights Into Ancient Maya Commerce And Industry From Pottery Petrography, James Aimers, Elizabeth Haussner, Dori Farthing
The Ugly Duckling: Insights Into Ancient Maya Commerce And Industry From Pottery Petrography, James Aimers, Elizabeth Haussner, Dori Farthing
Anthropology
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Thin Section Petrography Of Pottery From Ambergris Caye, Belize, Elizabeth Haussner
Thin Section Petrography Of Pottery From Ambergris Caye, Belize, Elizabeth Haussner
Anthropology
Petrography is a valuable tool in which ceramics are studied at a microscopic level, revealing structures, features, and compositional information undiscernible at the macroscopic level. This study uses petrography to investigate Coconut Walk Unslipped (CWU), a pottery type prominent at Late Terminal Classic Mayan archaeological sites on Ambergris Caye, Belize. All CWU sherds in this study are tempered primarily with quartz sand grains although the grains vary in roundness. They also contain small amounts of microcrystalline sparry calcite features. These findings are similar to those of the 1999 study by Iceland and Goldberg on ceramic sherds of a similar age …
Color Vision Variation As Evidenced By Hybrid L/M Opsin Genes In Wild Populations Of Trichromatic Alouatta New World Monkeys, Barbara Welker, Yuka Matsushita, Hiroki Oota, Mary S. Pavelka, Shoji Kawamura
Color Vision Variation As Evidenced By Hybrid L/M Opsin Genes In Wild Populations Of Trichromatic Alouatta New World Monkeys, Barbara Welker, Yuka Matsushita, Hiroki Oota, Mary S. Pavelka, Shoji Kawamura
Anthropology
Platyrrhine (New World) monkeys possess highly polymorphic color vision owing to allelic variation of the single-locus L/M opsin gene on the X chromosome. Most species consist of female trichromats and female and male dichromats. Howlers (genus Alouatta) are an exception; they are considered to be routinely trichromatic with L and M opsin genes juxtaposed on the X chromosome, as seen in catarrhine primates (Old World monkeys, apes, and humans). Yet it is not known whether trichromacy is invariable in howlers. We examined L/M opsin variation in wild howler populations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua (Alouatta palliata) and …