Wenda R Trevathan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3618579 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wenda R Trevathan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wenda R |
| FAMILY NAME | Trevathan |
| SIGNATURE | TREVATHAN W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | New Mexico State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 209 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 32 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Birthing Complications
Human Birth
In the Mood for Love or Vice Versa? Exploring the Relations Among Sexual Activity, Physical Affection, Affect, and Stress in the Daily Lives of Mid-Aged Women
Evolutionary Medicine
Biological anthropologists have been contributing to what is now referred to as evolutionary medicine for more than a half century, although the phrase itself began to be widely used only in the early 1990s. Three topics in which anthropological contributions have been especially significant include nutrition, reproductive health, and chronic disease. A major focus in nutrition and reproduction is the health consequences of evolved biology in the…
Braindance
Making Babies
Anthropological Variation(s) on Race and Public Education
Biological Anthropology Section
Birth, obstetrics and human evolution
Knowledge, Perception of Risk for HIV, and Condom Use
The shoulders follow the head
Perspectives on Human Sexuality
Perspectives on Human Sexuality. Anne Bolin and Patricia Whelehan. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1999. 503 pp
Women in human evolution
Response to Comments by LeBlanc, by Espenshade, and by Shaffer et al
We originally concluded that because birth scenes depicted on Mimbres bowls are anatomically unusual or impossible, and men are generally unfamiliar with the details of birth, the pots most likely were painted by men. Three of the four counter-arguments presented in the comments—(1) there is no other way to depict birth; (2) one part of one painting is actually a crack in the vessel; (3) some men are involved in birthing—either are incorrect (1) …
Biological Anthropology and Anthropology
The Evolution of Bipedalism and Assisted Birth
Gender, Anatomical Knowledge, and Pottery Production
The anatomical details of a birth scene depicted on Classic Mimbres (A.D. 1000-1150) bowls from southwestern New Mexico can provide clues to gender relations in Classic Mimbres society. The scenes show an infant emerging facing forward (unusual in human birth) with its arms up (virtually unknown in human birth). These details suggest that the scene was painted by someone unfamiliar with the birthing process. Ethnographically, men rarely see human…
Bipedalism and human birth
adaptation to bipedal locomotion decreased the size of the bony birth‐canal at the same time that the exigencies of tool use selected for larger brains. This obstetrical dilemma was solved by delivery of the fetus at a much earlier stage of development. (Washburn 1 ) ...there can be no doubt that many of the obstetrical problems of Mrs. H. Sapiens are due to the combination of a narrower pelvis and a bigger head in the species. ( Krogman 2 )
Evolutionary Medicine
La medecine evolutionniste propose que la recherche medicale et les traitements cliniques considerent non seulement les causes directes mais aussi les causes premieres liees a l'espece humaine et a son histoire phylogenetique. Trois approches sont proposees : la premiere affirme que certains etats consideres comme anormaux ou pathologiques sont des reponses du corps humain au stress (sommeil des personnes âgees, absence ou non d'ovulation, nausee…
The evolutionary history of childbirth
Research on Outlaw Groups
Practical Computing
In this issue Clinton Burleson of New Mexico State University at Alamo gordo and Wenda Trevathan of New Mexico State University at Las Cruces describe an example of an "expert system" called SkelMAP, to be used in helping students and professionals conduct skeletal analysis in both forensic and archaeological research situations. In both cases, it should be of great practical help to people working with skeletal materials
Women as healers
Archeology
Candidates for Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology State B
Redefining Race
Analysis of physical anthropology textbooks published in the United States in the years 1932-79 reveals a significant decline in support for the race concept, expecially in the 1970s. Before 1970 the great majority of texts expressed the view that races exist and that the race concept is a valid tool for the description and study of human variation. In the 1970s an increasing proportion of texts rejected the race concept, with the no-race view be…
The Functional Significance of Neandertal Pubic Length [and Comments and Reply]
In the Mood for Love or Vice Versa? Exploring the Relations Among Sexual Activity, Physical Affection, Affect, and Stress in the Daily Lives of Mid-Aged Women
Fetal Emergence Patterns in Evolutionary Perspective
The shoulders follow the head
Evolutionary Medicine
Biological anthropologists have been contributing to what is now referred to as evolutionary medicine for more than a half century, although the phrase itself began to be widely used only in the early 1990s. Three topics in which anthropological contributions have been especially significant include nutrition, reproductive health, and chronic disease. A major focus in nutrition and reproduction is the health consequences of evolved biology in the…
Gender, Anatomical Knowledge, and Pottery Production
The anatomical details of a birth scene depicted on Classic Mimbres (A.D. 1000-1150) bowls from southwestern New Mexico can provide clues to gender relations in Classic Mimbres society. The scenes show an infant emerging facing forward (unusual in human birth) with its arms up (virtually unknown in human birth). These details suggest that the scene was painted by someone unfamiliar with the birthing process. Ethnographically, men rarely see human…
The Evolution of Bipedalism and Assisted Birth
Teaching Anthropology
During the past two decades the relevance of various academic disciplines to college students has changed dramatically. In part, this is related to changing sociopolitical and economic attitudes among students about what a college education means in today's world. Also at issue, however, are fundamental changes in the way particular disciplines have met the needs of students during the past twenty years. Anthropology is one discipline that has ex…
Perspectives on Human Sexuality
Perspectives on Human Sexuality. Anne Bolin and Patricia Whelehan. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1999. 503 pp
The evolutionary history of childbirth
Factors influencing the timing of initial breastfeeding in 954 out-of-hospital births
(1984). Factors influencing the timing of initial breastfeeding in 954 out‐of‐hospital births. Medical Anthropology: Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 302-307
Human Birth
Evolutionary Medicine
La medecine evolutionniste propose que la recherche medicale et les traitements cliniques considerent non seulement les causes directes mais aussi les causes premieres liees a l'espece humaine et a son histoire phylogenetique. Trois approches sont proposees : la premiere affirme que certains etats consideres comme anormaux ou pathologiques sont des reponses du corps humain au stress (sommeil des personnes âgees, absence ou non d'ovulation, nausee…
Redefining Race
Analysis of physical anthropology textbooks published in the United States in the years 1932-79 reveals a significant decline in support for the race concept, expecially in the 1970s. Before 1970 the great majority of texts expressed the view that races exist and that the race concept is a valid tool for the description and study of human variation. In the 1970s an increasing proportion of texts rejected the race concept, with the no-race view be…
Maternal “en face” orientation during the first hour after birth
Data are presented on the amount of time that 97 mothers spent in the "en face" position in the first hour postpartum, during which time contact between mother and infant was uninterrupted. The mean times varied with cultural background, relationship with the child's father, attitude toward childbirth, and administration of oxytocics
Factors influencing the timing of initial breastfeeding in 954 out-of-hospital births
(1984). Factors influencing the timing of initial breastfeeding in 954 out‐of‐hospital births. Medical Anthropology: Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 302-307
The Functional Significance of Neandertal Pubic Length [and Comments and Reply]
Teaching Anthropology
During the past two decades the relevance of various academic disciplines to college students has changed dramatically. In part, this is related to changing sociopolitical and economic attitudes among students about what a college education means in today's world. Also at issue, however, are fundamental changes in the way particular disciplines have met the needs of students during the past twenty years. Anthropology is one discipline that has ex…
Fetal Emergence Patterns in Evolutionary Perspective
First Conversations
Conversations of 48 mothers were recorded with audiotapes while they interacted with their newborn infants in the first 10 minutes after birth in an El Paso, Texas, birth center. Of the women recorded, 34 were Hispanic; 14 were Anglo. Analysis of verbal content revealed that, unlike previously reported studies, comments about the infant's eyes or resemblance to family members were rare or lacking entirely. Far more frequent than reported by other…
Candidates for Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology State B
Archeology
Practical Computing
In this issue Clinton Burleson of New Mexico State University at Alamo gordo and Wenda Trevathan of New Mexico State University at Las Cruces describe an example of an "expert system" called SkelMAP, to be used in helping students and professionals conduct skeletal analysis in both forensic and archaeological research situations. In both cases, it should be of great practical help to people working with skeletal materials
Women as healers
The evolutionary history of childbirth
Research on Outlaw Groups
Bipedalism and human birth
adaptation to bipedal locomotion decreased the size of the bony birth‐canal at the same time that the exigencies of tool use selected for larger brains. This obstetrical dilemma was solved by delivery of the fetus at a much earlier stage of development. (Washburn 1 ) ...there can be no doubt that many of the obstetrical problems of Mrs. H. Sapiens are due to the combination of a narrower pelvis and a bigger head in the species. ( Krogman 2 )
Evolutionary Medicine
La medecine evolutionniste propose que la recherche medicale et les traitements cliniques considerent non seulement les causes directes mais aussi les causes premieres liees a l'espece humaine et a son histoire phylogenetique. Trois approches sont proposees : la premiere affirme que certains etats consideres comme anormaux ou pathologiques sont des reponses du corps humain au stress (sommeil des personnes âgees, absence ou non d'ovulation, nausee…
The Evolution of Bipedalism and Assisted Birth
Gender, Anatomical Knowledge, and Pottery Production
The anatomical details of a birth scene depicted on Classic Mimbres (A.D. 1000-1150) bowls from southwestern New Mexico can provide clues to gender relations in Classic Mimbres society. The scenes show an infant emerging facing forward (unusual in human birth) with its arms up (virtually unknown in human birth). These details suggest that the scene was painted by someone unfamiliar with the birthing process. Ethnographically, men rarely see human…
Response to Comments by LeBlanc, by Espenshade, and by Shaffer et al
We originally concluded that because birth scenes depicted on Mimbres bowls are anatomically unusual or impossible, and men are generally unfamiliar with the details of birth, the pots most likely were painted by men. Three of the four counter-arguments presented in the comments—(1) there is no other way to depict birth; (2) one part of one painting is actually a crack in the vessel; (3) some men are involved in birthing—either are incorrect (1) …
Biological Anthropology and Anthropology
Women in human evolution
The shoulders follow the head
Perspectives on Human Sexuality
Perspectives on Human Sexuality. Anne Bolin and Patricia Whelehan. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1999. 503 pp
Knowledge, Perception of Risk for HIV, and Condom Use
Birth, obstetrics and human evolution
Biological Anthropology Section
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