{"title":"A Functional Measure of Tooth Size","authors":"M. Wolpoff","doi":"10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629397","url":null,"abstract":"One important function of the teeth is mastication. It is suggested that the sums of the areas of the posterior teeth be used as a measure of the amount of mastication occurring in a population. It is hypothesized that the sum of the posterior areas is a selectively important characteristic because it measures dental function. This hypothesis is tested by comparing bilateral length, breadth, and area correlations and also by comparing the variances of individual posterior tooth areas to the variances of the sums of all of the posterior tooth areas.","PeriodicalId":85570,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern journal of anthropology","volume":"10 1","pages":"279 - 286"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629397","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60752599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trends in North Indian Urban Kinship: The \"Matrilateral Asymmetry\" Hypothesis","authors":"Sylvia J. Vatuk","doi":"10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629398","url":null,"abstract":"Studies of family life in various Western societies have revealed a tendency toward \"matrilateral asymmetry\" in interaction between members of the nuclear family and extended kin of the two spouses. It has been suggested that such a tendency might also be found to be emerging in those newly industrializing societies which are traditionally patrilineal and patrilocal. The present paper examines data from a study of kinship in an urban neighborhood in India and shows that while \"matrilateral asymmetry\" cannot be said to characterize the present kinship system, certain trends in this direction can be noted. These trends are on the behavioral rather than the ideological level; they involve increased interaction between a married woman and her sisters in the urban setting and a broadening of the range of permissible roles for a wife's kin as against those formerly considered appropriate only for the kin of the husband.","PeriodicalId":85570,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern journal of anthropology","volume":"27 1","pages":"287 - 307"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629398","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60752704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Traditional African Psychiatrist","authors":"R. Edgerton","doi":"10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629396","url":null,"abstract":"Accounts of African ethnopsychiatry have typically emphasized suggestion and the placebo effect. In the following account of a Hehe traditional psychiatrist from Tanzania, these considerations are important, but of equal importance is his emphasis upon botanical and pharmacological empiricism. Despite the fact that his epistemology of mental illness is developed within a belief system that emphasizes witchcraft and moral magic, and although he has become expert in dealing with such supernatural considerations, he is primarily a pragmatic psychopharmacologist. His devotion to empiricism in botany and pharmacology, while unusual among his people, may nevertheless have historical antecedents among the Hehe, and may be more common throughout African ethnopsychiatry than has yet been recognized. This African psychiatrist--like so many of the men who built Western psychiatry--serves to remind us that even within a supernatural belief system the beginnings of science may emerge.","PeriodicalId":85570,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern journal of anthropology","volume":"31 1","pages":"259 - 278"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629396","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60752533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Migration Dynamics in the Interior of Ceará, Brazil","authors":"B. J. Siegel","doi":"10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629395","url":null,"abstract":"For the past century, \"the problem\" of the interior of the Brazilian Northeast has been defined in terms of solving the recurrent droughts by rendering them more predictable and, especially, by mitigating their disastrous effects, one of which is large-scale forced emigration. Investigation of cattle-cotton latifundia in the interior of Ceará state reveals that, in addition to migration out of the region, there is an almost ceaseless movement of agrarian workers from one estate to the next which is only partly explained by fluctuations in climate. This essay explores the total set of interrelated factors involved in the phenomenon in an attempt to account for all observable moves and whatever stability exists within the adaptive system of the \"effective community.\"","PeriodicalId":85570,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern journal of anthropology","volume":"27 1","pages":"234 - 258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/soutjanth.27.3.3629395","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60752613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"History, Ecology, and Demography in the British Caribbean: An Analysis of East Indian Ethnicity","authors":"Allen S. Ehrlich","doi":"10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629238","url":null,"abstract":"A number of ethnological studies have shown that modified forms of traditional East Indian culture patterns persist in Trinidad and Guyana. Fieldwork in Jamaica, however, revealed no such patterns. A historical comparison with materials on the Trinidadian and Guyanese indentureship periods shows the interplay of three factors to be crucial in understanding why communities organized around modified Indian culture patterns did not develop in Jamaica. The three factors are: (1) the level of development of the plantation system; (2) the natural environment; and (3) the adaptational patterns of the emancipated slaves. In all three areas (Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guyana) the factors articulated with one another in quite distinct ways, and this led in time to the concentration or dispersal of East Indian indentured laborers. The degree of ethnic concentration during the indentureship period appears to be crucial for understanding East Indian cultural retention or loss.","PeriodicalId":85570,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern journal of anthropology","volume":"27 1","pages":"166 - 180"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629238","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60752164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Nonempirical Environment of the Arctic Alaskan Eskimos","authors":"E. S. Burch,","doi":"10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629237","url":null,"abstract":"A variety of nonempirical phenomena, which included ghosts, dragons, and giant birds, significantly influenced Eskimo life in Arctic Alaska during the mid-19th century. Many otherwise excellent hunting and camping areas were avoided because of the activities of these \"creatures.\" Although the orientation of the Eskimos toward nonempirical phenomena has been altered by the widespread social changes in Arctic Alaska during the past century, belief in their existence was not eliminated from the Eskimos' world view. It seems that the beliefs of the early Christian missionaries were compatible with indigenous Eskimo beliefs, and thus it was possible for the two world views to fuse or syncretize rather than for one to replace the other.","PeriodicalId":85570,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern journal of anthropology","volume":"27 1","pages":"148 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629237","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60752074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Correction: \"Some Comments on \"Manihot\" Subsistence and the Ancient Maya\"","authors":"U. M. Cowgill","doi":"10.1086/SOUTJANTH.27.2.3629240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/SOUTJANTH.27.2.3629240","url":null,"abstract":"When maize consumption is considered, itappears that 2915 calories per day, thus 1.74 pounds per day or 636 pounds per person per year, are presently utilized. To gain equivalent nutrition, an adult must consume 4.45 pounds per day of manioc or 1625.3 pounds per year. Under the present agricultural regime, therefore, one milpero could feed 12.6 people per year if maize were eaten and 18.58 persons per year if manioc were consumed. On the other hand, if manioc flour is considered, a daily consumption of 2.11 pounds is necessary to achieve this number of calories. When the water content (Table 3) of manioc root, 61.5 grams per 100 grams, is compared with that of flour, 13.8 grams per 100 grams, it becomes evident hat 4.45 times as much root is required to make flour, the latter being the more concentrated form. Therefore, when manioc flour is considered, 9139 pounds of manioc root would be required per person per day, which would allow one milpero to feed 8.81 people per year.","PeriodicalId":85570,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern journal of anthropology","volume":"27 1","pages":"201 - 201"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/SOUTJANTH.27.2.3629240","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60752283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cultural Adaptation, Kinship, and Descent in Madagascar","authors":"C. Kottak","doi":"10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629236","url":null,"abstract":"Socio-cultural differences and similarities in form and function encountered among 18 contemporary Malagasy ethnic units are viewed from the perspective of a model of cultural adaptive radiation. Certain similarities are homologies derived from a common Proto-Malagasy cultural heritage. Others exist because of pan-Malagasy diffusion. Still other similarities are uniformities produced by political consolidation and the territorial expansion of indigenous Malagasy states. Finally, certain socio-cultural similarities are adaptive analogies which have resulted from the parallel interplay of variables included within local and regional ecosystems. Malagasy ethnic units are classified into six cultural adaptive types based on ecological features. Variation in principles of descent and kinship calculation is related to cultural adaptive type and to more specific ecological and economic factors. Some suggestions for future research in Madagascar are made.","PeriodicalId":85570,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern journal of anthropology","volume":"27 1","pages":"129 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629236","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60751955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Study of Afro-American Cultural Dynamics","authors":"U. Hannerz","doi":"10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629239","url":null,"abstract":"There has been a strong tendency in recent years among students of Afro-American communities to argue that prevalent modes of action in these communities provide an adaptation to a specific depressed niche in the structure of the wider society. This kind of interpretation is often offered as an alternative to analyses in cultural terms, which are thus rejected. This paper argues that even if the ecological interpretation is accepted, questions remain which may best be answered in cultural terms, and that ecological and cultural analyses are complementary rather than mutually exclusive. \"Cultural dynamics\" is viewed as intellectual process in social relationships.","PeriodicalId":85570,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern journal of anthropology","volume":"27 1","pages":"181 - 200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/soutjanth.27.2.3629239","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60752222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}