Anthropology
Global approaches to the study of human society and culture, covering hunter-gatherers, state formation, ethnography, physical and cultural anthropology.
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A Meeting of East and West: Days Gone By, Volume 2 [Hardback]
Christine Wu Ramsay (Author)
£46.00ISBN: 9781921394751
Published by : Macmillan Art Publishing
In Days Gone By, Volume 2: A Meeting of East and West, Christine Wu Ramsay continues the personal story of her life in an ever-widening world – as East meets West. The story is told with warmth, insight and her characteristi... .... Learn More -
Personality Coherence and Incoherence: A Perspective on Anxiety and Depression [Hardback]
Malgorzata Fajkowska (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780979773143
Published by : Eliot Werner Publications
From the Foreword . . .
“In this detailed and thought-provoking book, Małgorzata Fajkowska
provides a novel perspective on personality and its expressions in anxiety
and depression. Her theory is well founded, ... .... Learn More -
Companion to Gender Prehistory [Hardback]
Diane Bolger (Editor)
£130.00ISBN: 9780470655368
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
This large and impressive volume serves both as an overview of gender prehistory as it stands today, and as a stimulating reminder of the importance of gendered perspectives in archaeological research and a rejoinder to those wh... .... Learn More -
Collecting Kamoro: Objects, Encounters and Representation on the Southwest Coast of Papua [Paperback]
Karen Jacobs (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9789088900884
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: MEDEDELINGEN VAN HET RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR VOLKENKUNDE
Volume: 40
The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011. Exploring the links between ... .... Learn More -
Present Past: An Introduction to Anthropology for Archaeologists [Paperback]
Ian Hodder (Author)
£12.99ISBN: 9781781591727
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
A reprint of Hodder's classic 1982 work which aimed to introduce the archaeologist to ethnographical and anthropological methods and concepts, exploring the proper use of analogy in archaeological theory. A new preface offers thou... .... Learn More -
The Use of Skeletal Evidence to Understand the Transition from Roman to Anglo-Saxon Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire [Paperback]
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£48.00ISBN: 9781407310435
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar BS
Volume: 569
The book systematically examines and compares a large sample of burials from the same region, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, in the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. A very detailed examination of skeletal material provides specific evidence about ... .... Learn More -
Canibalismo en la Cueva de Malamuerzo [Paperback]
Ana Solari Giachino (Author); Miguel Botella López (Author); Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781407310176
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2418
This volume focuses on: the identification of indelible traces recorded on bones; on human actions associated with these marks; and finally on human behaviours that led to actions performed on bodies around the time of death. The research joins a ... .... Learn More -
Critical Anthropology: Foundational Works [Paperback]
Stephen Nugent (Author)
£29.50ISBN: 9781611321784
Published by : Left Coast Press
Critical anthropology has had a major influence on the discipline, shifting it away from concepts of bounded societies with evolutionary trajectories to complex analyses of interconnected economic, political, and social processes.... .... Learn More -
Homines, Funera, Astra : Proceedings of the International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology 5-8 June 2011 ‘1 Decembrie 1918’ University (Alba Iulia, Romania) [Paperback]
Raluca Kogalniceanu (Editor); Roxana-Gabriela Curca (Editor); Mihai Gligor (Editor); Susan Stratton (Editor)
£36.00ISBN: 9781407310084
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2410
The study of burial practices, of human attitudes and behaviour in the face of death, has been an important part of archaeological research from its very beginnings. Some funerary discoveries have achieved sensational fame. Yet beyond this the arc... .... Learn More -
Crânes trophées, crânes d’ancêtres et autres pratiques autour de la tête : problèmes d’interprétation en archéologie : Actes de la table ronde pluridisciplinaire, musée national de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac (Dordogne, France), 14-16 octobre 2010 [Paperback]
Bruno Boulestin (Editor); Dominique Henry Gambier (Editor)
£30.00ISBN: 9781407310138
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2415
Papers on skull interpretations and related archaeological issues from a roundtable event organized by La Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac (Dordogne, France), in October 2010. Contents : 1) Décapitation/décollation : une distinct... .... Learn More