Faces in the Clouds: A New Theory of Religion
by Stewart Ell Guthrie


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Religion is universal human culture. No phenomenon is more widely shared or more intensely studied, yet there is no agreement on what religion is. Now, in Faces in the Clouds, anthropologist Stewart Guthrie provides a provocative definition of religion... (read more)

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Edward P. Dozier: The Paradox of the American Indian Anthropologist
by Marilyn Norcini


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Edward P. Dozier was the first American Indian to establish a career as an academic anthropologist. In doing so, he faced a double paradox—academic and cultural. The notion of objectivity that governed academic anthropology at the time dictated... (read more)

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The Mysteries of Egypt: Secret Rites and Traditions
by Lewis Spence


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This outstanding study examines the origin and philosophy of Egyptian rituals, their transplantation to other cultures, and their surviving vestiges. Among the topics covered: funerary rites intended to help equip departed souls for a higher, more... (read more)

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The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments
by Miroslav Verner


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From the ancient culture that created the pyramids to the excavation sites that have been discovered to date, Verner, a preeminent Egyptologist, recounts the history of ancient Egypt and describes the religious and political beliefs that gave rise to its... (read more)

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Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
by Werner Forman


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With the help of Werner Forman's beautiful full-color photographs, Egyptologist Stephen Quirke explains the Pyramid Texts, created for kings and queens ca. 2400 to 2100 B.C.; the Coffin Texts, used by the affluent as well as royalty during the Middle... (read more)

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Tutankhamun: The Exodus Conspiracy: The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery
by Andrew Collins


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Focussing its startling argument on lost papyrus documents found in the tomb, Tutankhamun questions the historical wisdom and biblical evidence of the Exodus, investigating the issues of land ownership and occupation which are still so typical in the... (read more)

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Journeys to the Edge: In the Footsteps of an Anthropologist
by Peter M Gardner


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Anthropologist Gardner recounts his adventures conducting fieldwork around the world in this memoir written for a general audience. His account ranges from hunting with First Nations people in Canada's northern forest to exploring the urban cultures... (read more)

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Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt
by Nina Burleigh


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Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation—and no region... (read more)

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Men: Evolutionary and Life History
by Richard Bribiescas


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Males account for roughly 50 percent of the global population, but in America and other places, they account for over 85 percent of violent crime. A graph of relative risk of death in human males shows that mortality is high immediately following birth... (read more)

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Techno-Cultural Evolution: Cycles of Creation and Conflict
by William Mcd Wallace


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Evolution has long shaped human behavior. Yet just recently have we learned that evolution based on natural selection is not the continuous process Darwin assumed. It is instead a two-part process of change and stability called punctuated equilibrium... (read more)

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Visionary Observers: Anthropological Inquiry and Education (Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology)
by Jill B R Cherneff


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This volume sheds light on the public intellectual careers and educational contributions of eight distinguished anthropologists, who span the discipline's history to date.... (read more)

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Barbecued Husbands: And Other Stories from the Amazon
by Betty Mindlin


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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-284).... (read more)

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Search for Nefertiti
by Joann Fletcher


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Nefertiti - wife of the most unusual of pharaohs Akhenaten - has long fascinated us. In this book, Dr Joann Fletcher and a team of experts have helped identify the body which has been considered missing for more that 3000 years and the story it confirms... (read more)

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Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies: Death, Mourning, and Scientific Desire in the Realm of Human Organ Transfer (Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures)
by Lesley Alexan Sharp


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In the United States today, the human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most... (read more)

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Trail of Bones: More Cases from the Files of a Forensic Anthropologist
by Mary H Manhein


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A fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an expert on the human skeleton, Mary H. Manhein assists law enforcement officials across the country in identifying bodies and solving criminal cases. In Trail of Bones, Manhein reveals the... (read more)

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Empires of Time Calendars Clocks & Cultu
by Anthony Aveni


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Humanity has always felt a powerful need to impose scale and order on that most elusive and transient of elements: time. But what ends do our clocks and calenders really serve?... (read more)

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Beyond Relativism: Rethinking Comparability in Cultural Anthropology
by Robert C Hunt


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This important book tackles the problem of comparing phenomena- social roles, forms of activities, institutions- across cultures.... (read more)

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