(For Anthropologist or or students of Anthropology) I need an easy Anthropological research topic to define..?

Question

Can anyone make a couple suggestions, something easy, which I can find a lot of material on to produce a paper for school. Thanks.

Answer 1

you should have been more specific about the level of school you are in, an easy and interesting topic would to look at and describe the major changes in the evolution of mammals, from the early tree dwelling ones (that survivied the dinosaur extinction) to modern day man, you could use pictures, evolutionary maps, charts comparing height, brain size, coloric intake, etc. or something else that would be easy is to just pick a culture and report on them, native americans today, i.e. average income on reservations, life style, % that finish high school, college, literacy rates, death rates, cause of death,

or a place like pompeii, mancho pichu, the pyramids,

plenty of topics out there lad
good luck

Answer 2

Anthropology is a HUGE topic! But here are some examples:
1) Physical Anthropology: Homo florensis and the controversy surrounding it

2) Archaeology: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and how it impacts prehistoric archaeology-- and Native American groups as well.

3) Cultural Anthropology: How is a "minority group" constructed socially? What is the history of minority groups in general in the US (or your country of origin)-- have they all been consistently racial, or have other aspects considered as well (such as religion, country of origin, behaviors, etc) in defining what a minority population is?

4) Linguistic: Um, my program has absolutely nothing on linguistics, I don't know the literature enough to know what is out there about this. So alternatively: What are the intersections of the four fields of anthropology? How would you use, say, cultural anthropology and archaeology? (hint: look for archaeology in the social context). What can archaeology say about the origins of cultural practices? What kinds of cultural practices leave traces that can be found by examining skeletal matter?

All of these should be sufficiently well-documented (often on the internet) to build a good research paper.

Good luck!

Answer 3

you need to use it for the two, in case you seem at compulsive paying for as a cultural trait, custom (besides the fact that) then you certainly ought to earnings it from an anthropological perspective. If its societal in beginning then you certainly can use sociological suggestions to earnings it. truly the two are very comparable and you'd be able to many times twist your attitude of issues to slot the two one. in basic terms use the theories and terminology of each discipline on your benefit. complicated, i comprehend, in basic terms bear in mind that something to do with society could be researched in a sociological context.

Answer 4

RECIPROCITY. General, balanced, negative. Give it, get it, own it. Everything branched out of reciprocity in my anthro class. Talk about the Trobrianders here!

Another easy one is enculturation. *huge* topic, but if you have access to good ethnographies, you can focus on one aspect of it (i.e. status of children vs. status of adults, how this leads to...) and get a pretty good paper out of it.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

could do one on the cargo cults of the south pacific

Answer 7

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