Anthropology Essays

Ethics in Forensic Anthropology
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction:  Forensic anthropology is a young discipline compared to the other sub-fields of physical anthropology. As a discipline, it involves the application of skeletal analysis and techniques in ar...

Purpose of Death Rituals in Different Societies
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Even though death is a universal aspect that affects all people in different cultures, the responses to the deaths vary based on the practices and values in the culture. These practices are the d...

Leach's Concept of the Virgin Birth
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Central to theoretical discussions on kinship is the concept of paternity and its connexion between notions of biology and culture. Certainly, Leach is not the only anthropologist to recognise th...

The Trickster as an Anthropological Figure
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Select one anthropological based concept discussed in the course that you think is important for social theory The figure of the trickster is most commonly connected to mythology or folk...

Concept of Culture in Anthropological Studies
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: While culture may be an increasingly popular concept in public discourse, anthropology has instead seen a steady movement away from culture. This essay will first seek to understand the disillusi...

The Early Mississippian Period Peoples of the Southeast Missouri Region
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2019
Introduction: Question 1: Describe the purpose of your research. What will be the focus of your investigation? What is your main research question? What other questions will you need to answer to address it? [Limi...

Evolution of the Modern Human
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2019
Introduction: Human evolution has been a fine-tuned process over 7 million years from the first divergence of chimpanzees to the modern-day human. Homo Sapien the only surviving Homo, possess the ability to pass on...

How Do Social Norms Influence Human Behaviour?
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2019
Introduction: Main Body Social norms are referred to as “the informal rules that govern behaviour in groups and societies” They are the accepted behaviours within in a society of how a person should acts and be...

How Mexico’s Past and Future Attempt to Tackle Indigenous and Environmental Concerns
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: In the face of the Anthropocene: How Mexico’s Past and Future Attempt to Tackle Indigenous and Environmental Concerns What does society deem essential? What entitlements does society ...

Signalling in Human Breasts
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Part B (Technical Report): The morphology of human breasts is unique amongst mammals. What, if anything are breasts signalling and why? The structure of human breasts is unique amongst ...

Chinese Students' Attitude Towards the Giant Panda: A Study
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: Introduction People have been attracted by specific species (Goedeke, 2004). Regarding these specific species, Kellert (1996) analyzes that humans tend to be attracted to the species which has a large...

Van Gennep's Stages of a Rite of Passage
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: Van Gennep’s stages and understanding a rite of passage in relationship to one or more rituals Wittgenstein (1987, p.14, Chapter I. Introduction) set a large challenge for anthropology that has ...

Concepts of Kinship and Biology
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: Does kinship ultimately refer to biology? In this essay, I will explore the ways in which kinship ultimately refers to biology. I will first define what kinship is and how it is viewed from the wester...

Qualities and Types of Social Anthropology
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: Introduction Social anthropology is the field of anthropology that studies how living human beings behave in social groups. This essay seeks to explore the history, meaning and essential qualities of ...

Presentation of the City in Poetry
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: Pre-1914 Poetry: Comparative Study Compare the ways in which the city is presented in William Blake’s ‘London’ (1794) and William Wordsworth’s ‘Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, ...

Political Systems of Tribes
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: The importance of a tribe as a political system and its reluctance to subdue to the state efforts to erase it INTRODUCTION The tribe is an important political system that existed in the world mainly i...

Relationship Between Building, Dwelling and Notion of 'Home'
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: ‘Discuss the relationship between building, dwelling and the notion of ‘home,’ drawing on ethnographic examples,’ Understanding building as a process enables architecture to be...

Construction of the Notre Dame Cathedral
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: To start with, it is very known that Notre Dame Cathedral that is found in Paris is one of the world’s first ever to be made, Gothic Cathedral. Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is found near the Il...

Impact of Ecotourism on the Local Population of Cameroon
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: EXPLORING THE SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ECOTOURISM ON THE LOCAL POPULATION OF CAMEROON. ABSTRACT The ecotouristic sector in Cameroon is a growing but relatively minor industry. Camero...

Impacts of Salt on Water Resources
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: Introduction. Salinity, one of the major water crises occurring around the globe, is the high concentration of total dissolved solids (TDS), such as sodium and chlorine, in soils and water (Rose, 2004...

Developing Nature in Architecture
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Apr 2018
Introduction: Nature is not what it used to be. Or at least that is what we may think, when we look at the way humans and their technologies have treated nature. When we speak of "nature", however, we are essential...

Legal Pluralism and Customary Law: Marriage Concepts
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2018
Introduction: What is legal pluralism?.Virtually every society is legally plural whether or not is has a colonial past including Cameroon. Legal pluralism has been existing in Cameroon for long with it numerous eth...

Strategies for Confessions and Interrogations
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2018
Introduction: Interrogation refers to a method of questioning that is usually used by investigating officers such as police, detectives, or military to obtain information from a suspect (Michael, 2007). Interrogati...

Qualitative Research Methods in Organisations
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2018
Introduction: Provide a justification for qualitative research in organisations “Qualitative research is a field of inquiry in its own right. It crosscuts disciplines, fields and subject matters. A complex, i...

Acculturation and Ethnicity in Consumer Behavior
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2018
Introduction: The concepts Acculturation and ethnicity are often used by the researcher to describe consumption experiences of ethnic minority consumers. This paper presents a review of the relationship between cul...