Patricia C Rice
Biographic Data
| ID | 77918 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia C Rice |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia C |
| FAMILY NAME | Rice |
| SIGNATURE | RICE P C |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 63 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 63 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Paleoanthropology 2022 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2021 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2021, Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2020 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2020 Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2019 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2019 Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2018, Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2018, Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2017 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2017 Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2016, Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2016, Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2015 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2015 Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2014 Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2014 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2013; Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2013-Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2012 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2012 Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2011 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2011 Part 1
Paleoanthropology 2010 Part 2
Paleoanthropology 2010 Part 1
Prehistoric Venuses
Upper Paleolithic Venus figurines are traditionally explained as symbols glorifying female fertility. This study suggests the hypothesis that Venuses represent women throughout their entire adult life, not just when they are pregnant; therefore, it is womanhood rather than motherhood that is symbolically recognized or honored. First an estimate is made of the age group (pre-childbearing, reproductive, post-childbearing) of each of the 188 extant …
Cave Art and Bones
Validating the Cave Art-Archeofaunal Relationship in Cantabrian Spain
Anthropomorphs in Cave Art
Bone Art in the Upper Paleolithic
Using data that range temporally from 35, 000 to 10, 000 years ago and spatially from Britain to Russia, this article examines 2,010 images of large animals engraved on bone-"bone art." Variations in the prevalence and distribution of bone art are identified and patterns sought to help explain the purpose of the art. The relation ship of bone art to the more prevalent cave-wall art is explored. The data suggest that bone art served more individua…
Themes for the 1990s
We set the focus for the theme issue on "Strategies for Teaching Anthropology in the 1990s" by discussing a number of themes that pervade individual articles in the volume: critical reasoning, inductive anthropology, active learning, discovery, open versus closed anthropology, reflexivity, cross-cultural comparisons, films, holism, and problems in the 1990s. We suggest that these themes will be at the forefront of teaching anthropology in the dec…
Using a Simulated Site to Teach Data Analysis in Archaeology
The author describes a hands-on laboratory to use with simulated (teaching) archaeology sites. Students play the role of professional archaeologists in analyzing artifacts and ecofacts and in writing a "site report" based on their excavation and analysis
Ethno-Improvisation
The author describes a technique for studying cultural emotions by use of a project that combines ethnographic materials and improvisation. Students explore the cultural emotions of a human society different from their own through ethno-improvisation
Adventures in The Scientific Method (TSM)
The author describes a project that allows students to learn the scientific method by going through the entire process of data collection, hypothesis generation, data analysis, and hypothesis testing. The project concerns "book carrying behavior
Prehistoric Venuses
Upper Paleolithic Venus figurines are traditionally explained as symbols glorifying female fertility. This study suggests the hypothesis that Venuses represent women throughout their entire adult life, not just when they are pregnant; therefore, it is womanhood rather than motherhood that is symbolically recognized or honored. First an estimate is made of the age group (pre-childbearing, reproductive, post-childbearing) of each of the 188 extant …
Using a Simulated Site to Teach Data Analysis in Archaeology
The author describes a hands-on laboratory to use with simulated (teaching) archaeology sites. Students play the role of professional archaeologists in analyzing artifacts and ecofacts and in writing a "site report" based on their excavation and analysis
The Study of Small Groups and Microevolution
The author describes a hands-on project where students play the role of professional physical anthropologists in collecting and analyzing data on a small group of contemporary humans. Use of simulated data to represent ancestral populations results in an analysis of microevolution
Ethno-Improvisation
The author describes a technique for studying cultural emotions by use of a project that combines ethnographic materials and improvisation. Students explore the cultural emotions of a human society different from their own through ethno-improvisation
Adventures in The Scientific Method (TSM)
The author describes a project that allows students to learn the scientific method by going through the entire process of data collection, hypothesis generation, data analysis, and hypothesis testing. The project concerns "book carrying behavior
Introduction to the Special Issue on Teaching Anthropology
Cave Art and Bones
Validating the Cave Art-Archeofaunal Relationship in Cantabrian Spain
Anthropomorphs in Cave Art
Images of the Ice Age
Why the Best Teachers are the Best
Introductory Archaeology
I describe a number of student-focused laboratory exercises that are inexpensive, yet show the scientific character of archaeology. In one set of exercises, students learn how professional archaeologists reconstruct paleoenvironments by: identifying and quantifying pollen, analyzing earth cores, identifying prey species in owl pellets, and doing simple microwear analyses. In another exercise, students learn how to reconstruct broken pots. ARCHAEO…
Themes for the 1990s
We set the focus for the theme issue on "Strategies for Teaching Anthropology in the 1990s" by discussing a number of themes that pervade individual articles in the volume: critical reasoning, inductive anthropology, active learning, discovery, open versus closed anthropology, reflexivity, cross-cultural comparisons, films, holism, and problems in the 1990s. We suggest that these themes will be at the forefront of teaching anthropology in the dec…
The Boars from Altamira
Most scholars of prehistoric European cave art would regard correct species identification of depicted animals as the first step toward explaining the presence of animals in prehistoric imagery. Whether one is attempting explanation via quantitative or qualitative means, via inductive or deductive methods, knowing the relative proportions of animals depicted in single caves or in all caves is a logical starting point, since the vast majority of i…
Teaching Archaeology
Being an anthropologist normally involves wearing three different "hats." When we are doing research in the field, laboratory, or library, we are practicing anthropology. When we are doing service, we are usually applying our anthropological knowledge in a consulting arena, and again we are practicing anthropology. But when we are actively involved in teaching our discipline, do we preach what we practice? I suggest that in most classroom situati…
Bone Art in the Upper Paleolithic
Using data that range temporally from 35, 000 to 10, 000 years ago and spatially from Britain to Russia, this article examines 2,010 images of large animals engraved on bone-"bone art." Variations in the prevalence and distribution of bone art are identified and patterns sought to help explain the purpose of the art. The relation ship of bone art to the more prevalent cave-wall art is explored. The data suggest that bone art served more individua…
Teaching Anthropology
Council for General Anthropology
General Anthropology Division
Tricks up Our Sleeves
Tricks for Teaching Anthropology
General Anthropology Division
Strategies For Teaching Anthropology
The Archaeology Education Handbook
The Teaching Mission of the AAA and GAD
Computer Science (53 works) · Library science (49 works) · Citation (48 works) · History (43 works) · Archaeology (35 works) · Paleoanthropology (35 works) · Sociology (34 works) · History (33 works) · Anthropology (25 works) · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (16 works)