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by Graham Harvey  Synopsis Indigenous religions are the majority of the world's religions. This Companion shows how much they can contribute to a richer understanding of human identity, action, and relationships.An international team of contributors discuss representative... (read more)  List Price $45.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by F Fernandez Armesto Publisher Comments The discovery that the DNA of chimpanzees and humans is incredibly similar, sharing 98% of the same code, suggests that there is very little different--or special--about the human animal. Likewise, advances in artificial intelligence mean that humans no... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Margaret B Blackman Publisher Comments In the roadless Brooks Range Mountains of northern Alaska sits Anaktuvuk Pass, a small, tightly knit Nunamiut Eskimo village. Formerly nomadic hunters of caribou, the Nunamiut of Anaktuvuk now find their destiny tied to that of Alaska's oil-rich North... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Douglas P Fry Publisher Comments Humans are--and always have been--warlike by nature. Or are we? Fry convincingly argues that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike--and neither are we. A profoundly heartening view of human nature, "Beyond War" offers a hopeful perspective on... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Frank Waters Publisher Comments "A fascinating and important book". -- The New York... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Desjarlais Publisher Comments Robert Desjarlais's graceful ethnography explores the life histories of two Yolmo elders, focusing on how particular sensory orientations and modalities have contributed to the making and the telling of their lives. These two are a woman in her late... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anne Ross Synopsis This thrilling human drama and spellbinding scientific discovery--the most sensational archaeological find of the decade--unlocks the mysteries of the Druid past. "Mesmerizing . . . a tour de force of scientific sleuthing".--Chicago Tribune.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jon Kalb Publisher Comments Over the past 25 years, a stream of fossil and artifact discoveries in the Afar Depression of Ethiopia has produced the longest single record of human ancestors in the world. Many of the fossils found in this region are the missing links leading to... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ruth Behar Synopsis The tenth-anniversary edition of this classic book, with a new preface Translated Woman tells the story of an unforgettable encounter between Ruth Behar, a Cuban-American feminist anthropologist, and Esperanza Hernandez, a Mexican street peddler. A brave... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Regna (edt) Darnell Publisher Comments "Histories of Anthropology Annual" promotes diverse perspectives on the discipline's history within a global context. Critical, comparative, analytical, and narrative studies involving all aspects and subfields of anthropology will be included, along... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $21.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James A Pritchett Synopsis Breaking away from traditional ethnographic accounts often limited by theoretical frameworks and rhetorical styles, "Friends for Life, Friends for Death: Cohorts and Consciousness among the Lunda-Ndembu" offers an insider's view into the day-to-day lives... (read more) List Price $49.50 Your price $25.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Frederick Franck Publisher Comments In an inspirational act of faith and hope, nearly one hundred contributors--social activists, thinkers, artists and spiritual leaders--reflect with poignant candor on our shared human condition and attempt to define a core set of human values in our... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $3.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Carol Beckwith Publisher Comments Overflowing with nearly 850 magnificent photos, this two-volume work explores traditional African rites and rituals, from baby namings, initiations, and weddings to harvest blessings, healing exorcisms, and funerals. 45 maps.... (read more) List Price $150.00 Your price $96.00 (Used - Slipcase) check for new and sale copies
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by David Roberts Publisher Comments The Anasazi, ancestors of the Pueblo people, inhabited the Southwest for at least 5,000 years. David Roberts' extensive interviews and back country travels create a richly detailed portrait of an enigmatic people.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Conrad Phill Kottak Publisher Comments This is a revision of a highly readable, instructive, and entertaining ethnography for use as a supplemental text in introductory anthropology courses. The text chronicles the rapid social and economic change in Arembepe, a Brazilian coastal fishing... (read more) List Price $33.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Agar Publisher Comments The key to communication, says linguistic anthropologist Michael Agar, is understandingthe context and culture of conversation. In Language Shock, Agar reveals how deeply our language and cultural values intertwine to define who we are and how we relate... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by H Russell Bernard Publisher Comments The first edition of Research Methods in Anthropology represented the first major anthropology methods text in more than a decade. It received worldwide acclaim for its comprehensiveness, its balance of both qualitative and quantitative methods, its... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Pierre Clastres Publisher Comments Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is an unsentimental yet sympathetic depiction of the year anthropologist Pierre Clastres spent with a so-called 'savage' tribe of Indians in Paraguay in 1963. It describes the everyday life and habits, ritual and... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard L Warms Publisher Comments Sacred Realms is a comprehensive introduction to the anthropology of religion that presents and defines key concepts with fifty-five classic and current essays by leading specialists. The anthology has wide geographical scope and presents balanced... (read more) List Price $66.95 Your price $50.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Aftandilian Publisher Comments From the first woolly mammoths painted in exquisite detail on Palcolithic cave walls to contemporary depictions of anthropomorphized mice as heroes of animated films and fiction, animals have played crucial roles in human cultures around the world. In... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $31.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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