Humans: An Introduction to Four-field Anthropology

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Psychology Press, 1998 - 244 páginas
Humans presents the breadth of anthropology in a concise textbook planned for use with supplementary ethnographies. Designed for either an introductory four-field or cultural anthropology course, it covers the basic concepts of linguistics, archaeology, physical and cultural anthropology in a readable style with well-chosen illustrative examples. Instructors have found ethnographies most effective for teaching anthropological understanding; this text's brevity permits the instructor to assign several full-length case studies, without skimping the foundation for a holistic approach. The text covers the discipline and its major sub-fields, with a minimal use of technical terms. Both photo-essays drawn from the author's own fieldwork and examples taken from popular culture work to engage students, prompting them to question how it is we know what we know. A solid foundational text, Humans will suit any program.
 

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Knowing What We Know
13
The Primates
37
Variation in Homo Sapiens
65
Prehistory
75
Communicating
115
I Cultural Ecology
129
II Economics
145
III Regulating Societies
169
IV Religion
199
Looking Us Over
217
Finis
224
Further Readings
231
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Alice Beck Kehoe is Professor of Anthropology at Marquette University. She is the author of The Land of Prehistory: A Critical History of American Archaeology (Routledge, 1998), The Ghost Dance: Ethnohistory and Revitalization (1989) and North American Indians: A Comprehensive Account (1992).

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