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2015
Medea come dea del vino a Corinto
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – Medea is generally known as a murderous witch due to hostile Athenian propaganda, butmyth, iconography and linguistics allow us to suggest a new Medea, not only an agriculturalgoddess, but also a goddess of fermentation and wine, connected with Dionysus as well as Greektraditions about the diffusion of viticulture. This Medea, however,…
Funzionalità e habitus nell’uso e nel passaggio dall’atlatl all’arco nel Nord America precolombiano
By: FLAVIA BUSATTA – The transition from the atlatl to the bow and arrow in North America has not been so “sudden” as once proposed by Utilitarian Determinism. The two weapons coexisted for a long time as carriers of different social needs or “habitus”, as in Bourdieu. These results are consistent with archaeological finds, a…
Aspetti antropologici e socioculturali dell’emigrazione schedata. Il caso dei trevigiani in Argentina durante il fascismo
By: MARCO DONADON, ALBERTO ZANATTA – The so-called recorded emigrants were a new figure of migrant appeared during the Fascist period. They represented the clearest example of the mixture between political ideals and primary economic needs. This case study is about the recorded migration from Treviso to Argentina during the interwar period. Our aim is…
Un rituale sincretico e polisemico: la lila degli Gnawa marocchini
culti afromaghrebini, Gnawa, Islam, Morocco, possessione, sincretismi religiosi, spirit possession, tranceBy: ALESSANDRA TURCHETTI – This paper analyzes a complex ritual called lila (“night”) performed by the Gnawa, descendants of West African slaves brought to Morocco through the Trans-Saharan trade. The lila is an example of religious and cultural syncretism between Sufi Islam and African rituals of possession trance. The all-night ceremony begins with an animal sacrifice (dbiha), followed by…
Il matrimonio lucano e il suo universo culturale: lo specchio di una società che cambia (seconda parte)
By: MICHELA FORGIONE – This is the second part of the survey, commissioned by the province of Potenza (Basilicata) for the “Basilicata Factory” Project, analizes the exchange of knowledge between generations through the transfer of cultural heritage in the post WW2 war Lucan wedding. The fieldwork produced a documentary account about the various steps of…
Grotta San Pellegrino (Laterza – Taranto). Nuove valutazioni topografiche e toponomastiche
By: VINCENZO STASOLLA – The objective of this work is to rebuild the relationship cave/territory, to identify factors that have contributed to the continued exposure of the resort by man from prehistoric to modern times, through the consultation of written sources, audio recordings, archaeological documentation territorial, topographic reading and surveys. At the moment the archaeological…
Extraneous Markings and the Modification of Potbelly Sculptures in Southeastern Mesoamerica
By: ARNAUD F. LAMBERT – The presence and significance of extraneous markings on potbelly sculptures has rarely been addressed by archaeologists. However, recent studies of monument modification in the Olmec-style art of the Gulf Coast lowlands, the art of Teotihuacán, and Classic period Maya monuments indicate that the study of the various ways stone carvings…
Anthropological Reflections on the Interventions on Genitalia
By: FRANCO VIVIANI – The present paper reflects on the possibility to ban and/or reduce the interventions on both male (IMG) and female (IFG) genitalia in different contexts using a pandisciplinary approach. The common hypothesis on the origins, development and effects of IFG and IMG are first considered. Then the following aspects are out-lined: the…
Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension and Nutritional Status among an Urban Population of Southern Rajasthan
By: PULAKES PURKAIT, PREM C. SUTHAR, MITHUN SIKDAR – The increasing prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus as well as hypertension among Indian population has already become a subject matter for the health planners as well as the researchers who are engaged in mitigating the same in years to come. But lots of work has to be…
Mauritius: Culture Crossings and its Consequences
By: SYLVIE MAURER – Mauritius has been crossed by a wide variety of cultures from the inception of its population through the present. As a result of the waves of different peoples, and therefore, cultures, crossing the island, Mauritius now houses a multicultural “rainbow” population. However, the cultures in place are not given equal social…
Cognition of Communication Examined through Mobile Phone
cognitive anthropology, communication, material culture, memorization, mobile phone, non-verbal communication, utility, verbal communicationBy: SOMA BANDYOPADHYAY – Human cognition expressed through symbols, wins over the physiological process of response. Conventional ways of communication are facing challenges from upcoming technological devices. The extent of human dependence on present day technology regarding communication is studied. The study is an attempt to establish a relationship between human thought and society in…
Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants and their Socio-Economic Condition of the Hakkipikki Tribal Population of Western Ghats Areas, Karnataka, India
By: S.L. GURUPRASAD, N. NINGAIAH, S.L. MAMATHA, VIJAYLAXMI AMINBHAVI – This article is on the Folk and indigenous knowledge system of the tribal community of Western Ghats of Karnataka particularly on medicinal plants and their socio-economic dependence on forest. There are numerous herbs available in their surrounding where the tribes are living and that herbs…
Effect of Gendered Norms on Women’s Labor Force Participation in Northern Rural Bangladesh
By: RIPON KUMAR SARKAR – Labor force participation for women is considered as an imperative sign for achieving gender equity. Like men women’s participation in the labor force can play an important role in the economic growth of a developing country like Bangladesh. However, due to socio cultural factors and slow growth in the rates…
Rang Taiba’s Stone: A Study of a Megalith in Maram Khullen, Manipur, India
By: S. CHONGLOI, Q. MARAK – Megaliths, large stone structures, are seen aplenty in some regions in Northeast India. This paper discusses the megaliths found in the Maram areas in Manipur, India, and its cultural significance. Interestingly, these megaliths continue to have a living tradition connected to them, and hence are considered history markers to…
Potbelly Sculptures as False Mortuary Bundles
By: ARNAUD F. LAMBERT – The present paper investigates the possibility that the potbelly sculptures of southeastern Mesoamerica may have served as false (or effigy) mortuary bundles in public rituals tying ancestor veneration to emerging forms of rulership among the Preclassic Maya. Correspondences between potbelly sculptures and the artistic and archaeological evidence for the use…
Ciocche e trecce: la donna tra i suoi nodi
By: NADIA BERTI – This work shows the role of women’s hair in society and in history. The work was presented at the ninth edition of the festival “The violence illustrated” of Bologna, within Open (h) Air, a Paola Luciani project. Hidden under the hair’s symbol there is the image of a woman free to…
Il matrimonio lucano e il suo universo culturale: lo specchio di una società che cambia
By: MICHELA FORGIONE – This survey, commissioned by the province of Potenza (Basilicata) for the “Basilicata Factory” Project, analizes the exchange of knowledge between generations through the transfer of cultural heritage in the post WW2 war Lucan wedding. The fieldwork produced a documentary account about the various steps of it. The rituals’ analysis prompted a…
Compendio e riesame delle indagini di superficie di un nuovo insediamento nella Puglia centroccidentale: Murgia e Grotta San Pellegrino (Laterza – Taranto)
By: VINCENZO STASOLLA – The article summarizes the results of published surveys about the archaeological material found on the surface outside San Pellegrino Cave, Taranto-Apulia, inhabited from the middle and upper Palaeolithic, through the Imperial Roman Age. A quite good lithic industry and large pottery sherds show that the documented materials date as far back…
Antropologia ed evoluzione umana nel Museo Sardo di Antropologia ed Etnografia. Finalità didattico-educative
Human Evolution, Italy, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museo Sardo di Antropologia ed Etnografia, Museum Education, Physical anthropologyBy: MARCO SARIGU, ROSALBA FLORIS, GIOVANNI UMBERTO FLORIS, VALERIA PUSCEDDU – The Anthropological room located in the Sardinian Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Cagliari University, exhibits a permanent collection of human skeletal remains and replicas of fossil hominids related to human evolution. The educational role of the museum is supported by several exhibitions and…
