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Modernization In Micronesia: Acculturation, Colonialism And Culture Change, Kirk L. Gray Dec 1974

Modernization In Micronesia: Acculturation, Colonialism And Culture Change, Kirk L. Gray

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No abstract provided.


Bilateral Variation In Man: Handedness, Handclasping, Armfolding And Mid-Phalangeal Hair, Carol J. Loveland Aug 1974

Bilateral Variation In Man: Handedness, Handclasping, Armfolding And Mid-Phalangeal Hair, Carol J. Loveland

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A study of bilateral variation among individuals from three populations was conducted. One sample consisted of 174 Cashinahua Indians who reside along the Curanja River in the Peruvian rain forest. A second group was composed of 286 students from anthropology classes at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Eighty-six families, including 372 individuals, constituted the third sample.

Four laterality traits - handedness, armfolding, handclasping, and mid-phalangeal hair - were analyzed by population and by individual family.

The most interesting variation occurred in the frequency of right and left handclasping and in the presence or absence of mid-phalangeal hair. The percentage of …


A Systems Approach To Complex Social Behavior: The Formulation Of A Methodology And Its Application To The Peasant Village Of Tzintzuntzan, William Earl Reynolds Aug 1973

A Systems Approach To Complex Social Behavior: The Formulation Of A Methodology And Its Application To The Peasant Village Of Tzintzuntzan, William Earl Reynolds

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No abstract provided.


Fried's Theory Of Political Evolution: An Empirical Test, Diana Battjes Mckenna Aug 1973

Fried's Theory Of Political Evolution: An Empirical Test, Diana Battjes Mckenna

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No abstract provided.


The Humanistic Aspect Of The Women's Liberation And Other Movements, John L. Longman Dec 1972

The Humanistic Aspect Of The Women's Liberation And Other Movements, John L. Longman

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No abstract provided.


Indian-Ladino Relations In Mesoamerica, Sharon K. Hunt Aug 1972

Indian-Ladino Relations In Mesoamerica, Sharon K. Hunt

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No abstract provided.


An Inquiry Into Limited Membership In Jamaican Peasant Communities, Kathleen Joy Adams Apr 1970

An Inquiry Into Limited Membership In Jamaican Peasant Communities, Kathleen Joy Adams

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No abstract provided.