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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
by Dean King

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.... (read more)

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Antler on the Sea: The Yup'ik and Chukchi of the Russian Far East (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) Antler on the Sea: The Yup'ik and Chukchi of the Russian Far East (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)
by Anna M Kerttula

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Anna M. Kerttula offers a vivid portrayal of life in Sireniki, a Siberian village on the Bering Sea. Once a traditional Yup'ik community, it was by the final years of the Soviet Empire home to three cultural groups: the Yup'ik, native hunters of sea... (read more)

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Africa: A Biography of the Continent Africa: A Biography of the Continent
by John Reader

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"Awe-inspiring . . . a masterly synthesis." <BR>--"The New York Times Book Review <BR>"Deeply penetrating, intensely thought-provoking and thoroughly informed . . . one of the most important general surveys of Africa that has been produced in... (read more)

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Third Chimpanzee the Evolution & Future Third Chimpanzee the Evolution & Future
by Jared Diamond

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Part One A Tale of Three Chimps The next time you visit a zoo, make a point of walking past the ape cages. Imagine that the apes had lost most of their hair, and imagine a cage nearby holding some unfortunate people who had no clothes and couldn't speak... (read more)

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The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language
by Christine Kenneally

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An accessible exploration of a burgeoning new field: the incredible evolution of language The first popular book to recount the exciting, very recent developments in tracing the origins of language, The First Word is at the forefront of a controversial... (read more)

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Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics #1: Classificatory Particles in Kilivila Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics #1: Classificatory Particles in Kilivila
by Gunter Senft

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Common among the world's languages is the phenomenon of classification, a partly or fully grammatical division of the noun lexicon into distinct classes that ultimately derives from the human need to classify and filter data on various levels while... (read more)

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Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
by Elizabeth Wa Fernea

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A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman.... (read more)

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The Tree of Meaning: Language, Mind and Ecology The Tree of Meaning: Language, Mind and Ecology
by Robert Bringhurst

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“Poems, where I come from,” writes Robert Bringhurst, “are spoken to be written and written to be spoken. The Tree of Meaning is a book of critical prose composed in the same way.” Together these 13 lectures present a... (read more)

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Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
by Virginia Morell

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looks different". says The New York Times Book Review. This fascinating biography of the "First Family" of anthropology reveals how their discoveries, collaborations, and rivalries contributed to our own knowledge of the origins of humankind. Includes 50... (read more)

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The Many Hands of My Relations: French and Indians on the Lower Missouri The Many Hands of My Relations: French and Indians on the Lower Missouri
by Tanis C Thorne

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A study of kinship networks among French Creoles and Central Siouan tribes and the influence of those networks on social, political and economic development along the lower Missouri River from the late prehistoric period to the removal era in the 1870s.... (read more)

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Efe Pygmies: Archers of the African Rain Forest Efe Pygmies: Archers of the African Rain Forest
by William F Wheeler

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Efe Pygmies is a portrait of an endangered people and place. This volume presents a visual portrayal of the Efe pygmies of the Congo, the world's oldest pure-blooded ethnic group and one of its most remote. Through this book's photography and text, the... (read more)

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Keep the River on Your Right Keep the River on Your Right
by Tobias Schneebaum

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In 1955, armed with a penknife and the instructions 'Keep the river on your right,' the Brooklyn-born painter Tobias Schneebaum set off into the trackless jungles of Peru in search of a tribe of cannibals.... (read more)

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Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures
by Richard Leakey

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In this engrossing memoir, one of the most controversial, influential, and inspirational figures in African politics today gives the full story of his crusade to save Kenya's natural resources, and specifically the African elephant--a crusade that set... (read more)

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Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China #02: Is Taiwan Chinese?: The Impact of Culture, Power, and Migration on Changing Identities Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China #02: Is Taiwan Chinese?: The Impact of Culture, Power, and Migration on Changing Identities
by Melissa J Brown

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Melissa Brown looks at the issue of Tiawan - specifically whether or not the Taiwanese are of Chinese/Han ethnicity (as is claimed by the Chinese government) - or is there in fact a Taiwanese ethnicity that is in fact unique unto itself (as the Taiwanese... (read more)

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The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture
by Walter Williams

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Winner of the: Gay Book of the Year Award, American Library Association Ruth Benedict Award, Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists Award for Outstanding Scholarship, World Congress for Sexology "An extraordinary perceptive study of the berdache... (read more)

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Life in Ancient Egypt Life in Ancient Egypt
by Adolf Erman

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The most thoroughly detailed account -- including material not found in more recent books -- of domestic life, religion, magic, medicine, commerce, and more in ancient Egypt. Illustrations include tomb paintings, carvings, more.... (read more)

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The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness Ancient Egypt The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness Ancient Egypt
by Jon E Lewis

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In this new Mammoth volume's variety of firsthand accounts--from papyri, chiseled tablets, court records, temple texts, graffiti, classical Greek and Roman histories--the ancient Egyptian way of life is unfolded in colorful detail with dramatic immediacy.... (read more)

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In Small Things Forgotten Rev Edition In Small Things Forgotten Rev Edition
by James Deetz

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History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten. Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musical instruments, and even shards of pottery fill in the cracks... (read more)

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The Social Ecology of Religion The Social Ecology of Religion
by Tanner Reynolds

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What effect does the Islamic attitude toward abortion have upon the family size and growth of Muslim populations? How do the Sukuma people of Tanzania react to the birth of an abnormal child, and why do their reactions differ so radically from those of... (read more)

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Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle
by Lois W Banner

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A uniquely revealing biography of two eminent twentieth century American women. Close friends for much of their lives, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead met at Barnard College in 1922, when Mead was a student, Benedict a teacher. They became sexual... (read more)

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