My Anthro Blog

I believe the cave artists were trying to create a story with their paintings, or they were trying to portray the things they saw outside of the caves. Perhaps they created those paintings to preserve a memory as well, but I feel like, for any reason anyone could think of, the reasons for these paintings could be a mixture of various purposes. Throughout the cave interaction, we saw more cows and horses and, I believe, only one human with a bird. The reason there may be more animals than people could be due to the reasoning that there weren't many people around them, and that those animals were more commonly seen because it was their source for survival. In a way, these paintings could show the lives of the cave dwellers/Paleolithic people. Like I mentioned, the paintings could represent memories that they wanted to capture or remember because it was a part of their history. For example, the last painting we see with the human could show the death of that person from an animal, or ...

While killing can be an act of revenge in Yanomamo culture and Western culture, in the Yanomamo culture, killing is a normal part of their community. Once someone from the village is dead, an act of revenge occurs through raids and will continue constantly until someone stops or possibly till everyone is dead. In contrast within Western culture, people who kill are sent to prison for a certain amount of time if found guilty. The process of killing within the Yanomamo population starts off with a death from their village. Once rage inflicts within the tribe, a raid party is created with about 10-20 men involved with the goal to kill the main offender. Some raids may not due to the distance of the village that was planned to be raided, other people may drop out of the raid, but will be given a reputation of a coward, putting themself in a position of being weak and for their wife to be the target for sexual attention. If a raid happens and goes as planned, the raiders are known as unokai...

This was a very interesting experiment. My partner and I both felt uncomfortable, but we also felt the difficulty of doing these tasks. At the beginning, when my partner started, she explained to me how it felt like she was talking to a wall or talking to her own reflection, like she was giving herself a pep talk. She tried her best to talk for 15 minutes, but in the end, she couldn't do it. She explained it to me as, "the more I kept talking, the more awkward it felt". Even though she was free to say anything, move anything, or do anything she wanted, it was too uncomfortable for her to keep going. Before my partner and I began the experiment, I had a feeling the person who would feel more "in power" would be the person speaking, but after the experiment, the person who wasn't speaking had more power. The reason why I said the one who didn't speak had more power was because the speaker started to feel discomfort the more the non-speaker didn't say o...

 1.)  For each population, give a brief description of the environment in which the population lives. As said in the assignment, The Andean Indians live in a high altitude environment within the Andes Mountains. Their population would live at an altitude between 8,000-13,000 ft. The weather in their environment varies within the time of day instead of the season. When it's morning, it has a nice tropical sunshine that can be hot, but when it's dark, the temperature becomes freezing with the coldest coming to as low as between -20 C° to -40 C° in the winter season. Because the temperature changes within the day, they learn to live with the harsh environment through their small rectangular homes, woven clothing, and their farming styles. The Zulu Population lives within the South African province, KwaZulu-Natal. The temperature of their environment is based on the seasons. For example, if it's summer, around October to April, it's warm and rainy, while the winter, between...

 After reading through an article created by Horace Miner, I couldn't help feeling interest, confusion, and shock. The 5 words that I would use to describe the population Miner discusses in his article would be Environmental, Religious, Poor/Rich, Primitive, and Value.  Miner talks about his professor bringing up the topic of the Nacirema since they've been poorly misunderstood for their culture, and mentions how there is little known information about their origin story. Miner also includes how the Nacirema have rituals relating to their body, health, and appearance, along with how their culture went from a "highly developed market" to evolving into a "rich natural habitat". This is why I thought about Primitive as the Nacirema started off from one thing to expanded to another. In a way, I would also include Environmental as well because of their economic pursuits and how Miner briefly describes the way they live. When I think of the word, environmental, I ...

To give a non-serious answer, I would bring my phone and a portable charger in hopes that I'll be rescued soon. As for my serious answer, I would try to bring enough food and water for myself so I don't starve to death or become dehydrated. Then I'd try to find stuff that I can use to create an SOS sign, so I have the possibility of being rescued soon. In my opinion, I don't think I'd survive, regardless of the two items I bring...