James W Dow
Biographic Data
| ID | 184162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James W Dow |
| GIVEN NAMES | James W |
| FAMILY NAME | Dow |
| SIGNATURE | DOW J W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Holy Saints and Fiery Preachers: The Anthropology of Protestantism in Mexico and Central America
Based on empirical analysis, this ethnographic fieldwork and collection of original articles on contemporary Protestant religions in Mexico and Central America examines regions ranging from the Pacific coast in the north to Guatemala in the south. These new studies reveal that Protestantism was in the rise in the last decades of the twentieth century because it was opposing political structures that were largely unworkable in a new age of economi…
CHAPTER 4 Central and North Mexican Shamans
Conferences
The Cultural Context of Scientific Anthropology
Anthropology: The Mapping of Cultural Traits from Field Data
Geographical information illuminates many features of culture that cannot be seen otherwise. Higher-resolution mapping of cultural traits, now possible with computerized techniques, can open a new window on human cultural adaptation. It can look at where people live on a scale that is small enough to reveal the features of the environment to which their cultures respond. This article discusses the mapping of language in a rural area of Mexico. Mu…
Candidates for Treasurer
Fruitful Journeys: The Ways of Rajasthani Pilgrims
SfAA Announces the Anthropologists’ Electronic Bulletin Board System
The Society for Applied Anthropology and Portland State University are now sponsoring an electronic bulletin board for use by all anthropologists. ABBS (Anthropologists' Bulletin Board System) is open to members of all professional anthropological societies including those serving archaeology and physical anthropology. The phone number is (503) 229-3912
Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy So Far [and Comments and Reply]
Astronomical Orientations at Teotihuacán, A Case Study in Astro-Archaeology
The streets of this Classic period city were laid out in a grid pattern. The axes of this grid were almost, but not exactly, perpendicular. There were a number of celestial bodies that in the period from A.D. 150 to A.D. 750 rose or set so as to markthe orientations of the streets. The Pleiades, Sirius, and the sun were the most probable orientation points. Two techniques which have been developed to test the more certain past existence of celest…
Astronomical Orientations at Teotihuacán, A Case Study in Astro-Archaeology
The streets of this Classic period city were laid out in a grid pattern. The axes of this grid were almost, but not exactly, perpendicular. There were a number of celestial bodies that in the period from A.D. 150 to A.D. 750 rose or set so as to markthe orientations of the streets. The Pleiades, Sirius, and the sun were the most probable orientation points. Two techniques which have been developed to test the more certain past existence of celest…
Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy So Far [and Comments and Reply]
The Cultural Context of Scientific Anthropology
Astronomical Orientations at Teotihuacán, A Case Study in Astro-Archaeology
The streets of this Classic period city were laid out in a grid pattern. The axes of this grid were almost, but not exactly, perpendicular. There were a number of celestial bodies that in the period from A.D. 150 to A.D. 750 rose or set so as to markthe orientations of the streets. The Pleiades, Sirius, and the sun were the most probable orientation points. Two techniques which have been developed to test the more certain past existence of celest…
Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy So Far [and Comments and Reply]
SfAA Announces the Anthropologists’ Electronic Bulletin Board System
The Society for Applied Anthropology and Portland State University are now sponsoring an electronic bulletin board for use by all anthropologists. ABBS (Anthropologists' Bulletin Board System) is open to members of all professional anthropological societies including those serving archaeology and physical anthropology. The phone number is (503) 229-3912
Candidates for Treasurer
Fruitful Journeys: The Ways of Rajasthani Pilgrims
Anthropology: The Mapping of Cultural Traits from Field Data
Geographical information illuminates many features of culture that cannot be seen otherwise. Higher-resolution mapping of cultural traits, now possible with computerized techniques, can open a new window on human cultural adaptation. It can look at where people live on a scale that is small enough to reveal the features of the environment to which their cultures respond. This article discusses the mapping of language in a rural area of Mexico. Mu…
The Cultural Context of Scientific Anthropology
Conferences
Holy Saints and Fiery Preachers: The Anthropology of Protestantism in Mexico and Central America
Based on empirical analysis, this ethnographic fieldwork and collection of original articles on contemporary Protestant religions in Mexico and Central America examines regions ranging from the Pacific coast in the north to Guatemala in the south. These new studies reveal that Protestantism was in the rise in the last decades of the twentieth century because it was opposing political structures that were largely unworkable in a new age of economi…
CHAPTER 4 Central and North Mexican Shamans
Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Library science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Citation (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (2 works) · Historical and Architectural Studies (2 works)