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The article presents a literature review that discusses the importance of American Indian linguistics. It also presents a summary of the state of description and comparative work for each linguistics family. It presents a classification of American Indian linguistics as well as the role of various language families and the interrelationships among postulated families. Though space limitations have dictated a narrowly linguistic concern in this literature and the ethnographic semantics are omitted, possible wider relationships of the families and classifications were still discussed.

The article presents a literature review that discusses the linguistic theory in relation to syntax, semantics and pragmatics. It provides a definition of linguistic theory, the details of issues of theory in syntax and semantics and some of the problems in accountability. Furthermore, the literature includes a discussion of the criteria which involve category and rule types, rule applicability, naturalness of linguistic generalizations, and diachrony versus synchrony. This provides a discussion of the more restricted area which is based principally on the linguistic theory as defined by the transformational generative point of view.

The article explores the trade and other forms of exchange among prehistoric peoples as an enduring and indeed traditional topic in archeology. This topic has been recently realized as an object of extremely innovative and exciting research. Its historical value lies in the artifactual and stylistic exotics used for cross-dating and relative chronology as well as in the presumed social mechanism in diffusion or in the stimulation of tribal societies by more advanced groups. However, the incidence of exchange and the nature of the various institutions through which it may have taken place are becoming much less matters of indirect interpretation because these determinations of raw material sources, identification of routes of movements, and other reasons have surpassed these.

The article presents a review of the history of the studies on non-Western music in order to provide the reader with a better understanding of the later trends. This literature review excludes the information not of central interest to the discipline of anthropology in order to concentrate upon the relationship between music and culture. The importance of the study of music in culture is presently very great, however, there are a limited number of ethnomusicologists trained in anthropology. These few anthropologists cannot conceivably advance the study rapidly by themselves, unless many anthropologists take an interest in ethnomusicological research, the development of meaningful statements regarding the topic will be slow.

The article talks about the approach and concerns of cultural anthropology in Japan which are highly eccentric to the Japanese intellectual tradition. Cultural anthropology in the country is relatively isolated from the rest of the world and overwhelmed by local materials and discussions. Most of the cultural anthropologists in the country rarely addressed their work to the international community. Furthermore, though the Japanese Society of Ethnology has long been known as the nationwide academic association of cultural anthropologists, it was only after World War II that cultural anthropology became recognized as an independent discipline in Japan's academic field.

The article presents a literature review that explores the development, methods and aims of ethnohistory. It furthermore explores the relationship between history and anthropology, the description of the historical trend of the relationship, the definition of ethnohistory and the different theories of ethnohistory. In the light of the historical interest in anthropology that has stimulated both anthropologists and historians, this literature aims to clarify the similarities between the two disciplines. On the other hand, the author proposed that ethnohistory might serve as a means for combining the generalizing aspects of ethnology with the careful evaluation of sources and interest in time sequence of history.

The article focuses on the critical view on Southwestern ethnology in Tucson, Arizona. Anthropologists have been investigating indigenous cultures of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. Anthropological contributions to the study of Southwestern culture history continue to appear at a steadily increasing rate. The growing numbers of Southwestern Indians have been drawn to Anglo towns and cities in search of employment. These trends are clearly reflected in the work of anthropologists who have become increasingly concerned with the analysis of native political processes.

The article presents a literature review that discusses the position of structuralism in cultural anthropology. This literature provides a definition of structuralism against the background of other anthropological approaches, as well as a background of cultural anthropology, the theoretical summary of cultural anthropology and the significance of transformational analysis. This review is divided into five chapters of which the first discusses the proposed definition of structuralism as it focuses on the formal cause, the web of relationships between terms related to biological components, their origins, and their actual social functions.

The article presents a literature review that explores the study of systems of kin classification, which has occupied a prominent place in anthropological theory. It discusses the study of the different systems of kin classification, the meaning of kinship semantic terms, the causes of the origin of kinship terms and the importance of polysemy. To narrow down the range of the study, the author only considered the works of a few scholars who have dealt with a wide range of topics and whose writings have significantly influenced the work of other anthropologists.

The article presents a literature review exploring the developments and relevance of ethnoscience in 1972. It further incorporates an explanation of the term ethnoscience, a description of the convergence of ethnoscience, and some comments and problems of ethnoscience. This literature also presents a diagram that summarizes the convergence of ethnoscience, generative semantics, computer simulation of semantic information processing, and some aspects of sociolinguistics or the ethnography of speaking.

The article explores the theory underlying the relationship between environment, subsistence, and society, which have been factors of the constant and chief concerns of anthropology. Furthermore, it discusses the role of this relationship in anthropology, the adoption of a holistic approach to a complex system, and the logic of systematic explanations. This literature review also examines the developments which relate to this area including the new methods and techniques that are emerging and the substantive knowledge has been brought forth. The author maintains a close attention to some studies which although focus primarily on subsistence activities, also utilize methodological innovations which promise to aid the more integrated studies.