Research Materials (Anthropology)
This collection contains unpublished research literature (grey literature) and other items associated with research from the Department of Anthropology.
Items in this Collection
- 8Young-Leslie, Heather
- 4Lovell, Nancy C.
- 2Lovell, Nancy C
- 2Woodward, Emily
- 1Achuff, Peter
- 1Addo, Ping-Ann
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2007-01-01
Paper published in Pacific Arts, vol 3, pp115-127 (2007). Abstract: Commoner women’s textile-work is a key medium in the ongoing process of hybridizing Tongan culture for the contemporary ‘modernity plus tradition’ present. One set of wefts for this paper are ethnographic. Commoner women’s...
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2007-01-01
The story of the Tä‘atu, a fish harvesting technique traditionally conducted in the Tongan village of Ha‘ano, is the closest thing the village has to a founding myth and mystical justification for the traditional estate of its hereditary chief. Here, I consider the tale...
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Culture, Ecology and Restoration: a report of a workshop on human influence on the montane ecosystem in Jasper National Park
Download1996-03-29
Murray, Carol, Higgs, Eric S., Wesbrook, Mike
This report is a summary of a gathering of 35 researchers at the University of Alberta in 1996 to develop a set of guidelines for mapping the human influence in the montane region of Jasper National Park. Participants were from a wide variety of backgrounds: anthropology, archaeology, ecology,...
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2012-10-30
Lovell, Nancy C, McConnan Borstad, Courtney
Extensive excavations at Tell er-Rubca (ancient Mendes) have documented aspects of the city's political and cultic significance and its development over several millennia, but much less is known about the inhabitants of the city themselves. This paper presents an analysis of dental health as...
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1999-01-01
The dissertation offers a localized, symbolic analysis of the tropes which organize mothers' everyday practice on a remote Tongan atoll. It pays particular attention to the language, meanings and practices associated with 'health'. I argue that as mothers, women are active agents in the invention...
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Occlusal macrowear, antemortem tooth loss, and temporomandibular joint arthritis at Predynastic Naqada
Download2014
This paper is based on the results of an examination of crania and mandibles from three cemeteries at Predynastic Naqada, which were excavated by Petrie in 1895. These remains are curated as part of the Duckworth Collection at the University of Cambridge. Patterns of occlusal macrowear,...
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2007-01-01
Young-Leslie, Heather, Addo, Ping-Ann
Introductory essay to special issue of Pacific Arts journal, "Pacific Textiles, Pacific Cultures: Hybridity and Pragmatic Creativity". We introduce the concept of 'pragmatic creativity' as a counter to the discourses that situate handicrafts or bricolage as somehow second rate forms of creative...
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2021-08-01
The repatriation of cultural belongings in Canada is currently subject to few governmental regulations. This booklet serves as a guide for Indigenous communities looking to explore repatriation by providing background information on Acts and policies that could be encountered during their...