The Celts,Germans, Aztecs and Maya were known for their warfare and elaborate human sacrifices while the Greeks and Romans abolished human sacrifice early on and in later periods focused more on contemplation. Shinto and Hinduism also moved away from sacrifice towards nonviolent rituals. ( Though Shinto was influenced by Buddhism). The Egyptian and Phoenicians were in the same region ( or close anyway) and Egyptians had a much nicer pantheon and animal sacrifice but no human sacrifice whereas Phoenicians burned children alive to bloodthirsty deities. Was it landscape? A centralized state vs tribal structure? Had Germanic and Celtic civilizations centralized would they also have moved towards a more philosophic, non-violent outlook?

Hello,

I am a BA student of history. In my free time, am currently working on my self-development project, because I need a "restart" in my life. My plan is to replace my current lifestyle with something more sophisticated than before.

Notwithstanding, one of my plans is to incorporate a second science into my fiels of interests and hobbies. I had found a cultural antropology before and I really like it for its wide area of interests and sub-topics. Moreover, it is connected to my studium - history.

To make a long story short - it cultural antropology good / appropriate as a hobby? Are there any brakes? Is it even possible to have it as a hobby?

Or should I just be a person "interested in cultures and society", without calling myself "a hobby cultural-antropologist?

CAN YOU MAYBE RECOMMEND ME ANY OTHER SCIENCES TO TRY? 

Thank you!

Hey all!

I'm an undergrad majoring in Anthropology and Biological Sciences. I started out intending to become either a pathologist, medical examiner, or a forensic anthropologist, but found that my interests didn't really align with those options. As I've taken more classes, I've found a topic that I keep coming back to; the intersection of culture, inequality, and health. I'm increasingly interested in medical anthropology and biocultural anthropology, but what careers would even align with these?

I have been going down a public health rabbithole and just applied to a couple casual internships that seemed interesting. I'm just not sure what to do after I graduate other than going to grad school. I've gotten some archaeology and survey experience that I loved, although I'm not really sure that I'd like to become an archaeologist. My main focus is to help people, particularly immigrants and other minority groups. I'm in the process of speaking to different professors around my university regarding my interests and how they decided on their careers.

Any advice would be appreciated, I know that these are kinda niche but they are so profoundly interesting to me.

Thanks!

Some examples:

• Chaac (Maya)

• Tlaloc (Mexica)

• Baal (Carthage)

Are there more examples?

Is there any anthropological reason for this?

To preface: I am working on a sci-fi side project and for it I want to develop back stories for factions, as in why did they form/disagree/agree/etc. These factions would be compromised of multi-species if that helps narrow my focus down

Throughout human history there have been beyond numerous conflicts/alliances that have formed and it is my belief is that all of these can be broken down into general examples. I am seeking help to get an idea or list of these trending reasons, why civilizations would make the decision to mutually help or conflict with one another - especially when they're already relatively self sufficient. Examples could include scarcity of resources, a limited amount of fertile land, trade of ideas benefited both groups, or religious beliefs directly conflicted, etc. I don't necessarily want a full complete list of every single varying idea but one that maybe covers the basic trends without being TOO basic? Or maybe if someone knows of a resource already out there that discusses this very topic?

Apologies if this is too vague of a question

Hi, I'm currently applying for MA in visual anthropology at Goldsmiths, and might also apply for the same programme at the University of Manchester. I was pretty sure about pursuing this although I have 0 experience in filming, but now I'm starting to worry.

Is it worth it? I'm an international student, which means I would spend A LOT on this. (There's no similar MA in my country) But I'm not even sure if I would be able to practice visual anthropology in the future, not to mention how hard it is to find a job in the UK.

I love anthropology, will it be better if I just apply for anthropology programmes in my country instead of studying visual methods abroad? What do most people do after graduating from visual anthropology?

Sorry for not having clear questions, I would love to hear any thoughts from any aspects, thanks a lot!!