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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Robert Codrington's Ethnographic Collections from Melanesia [Paperback]
Nick Stanley (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780861592357
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 235
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Robert Codrington (1830–1922) trained to be a priest at Oxford University. He volunteered to work in Nelson, New Zealand, from 1860–4 and was appointed as headmaster of the Melanesian Mission training school on Norfolk Island in 1867. He spent the... .... Learn More -
Silver and Frankincense: Scent and personal adornment in the Arab world [Paperback]
Sigrid van Roode (Author)
£19.00ISBN: 9789492940100
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Although scent has always played a major role in personal adornment in the Arab world, its evanescent quality leaves very few or no traces at all over time. This book presents an introduction into this lesser known aspect of personal adornment in ... .... Learn More -
Ci, Gender and Social Change among the Asmat of Papua, Indonesia [Paperback]
Onesius O. Daeli (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9789088909290
Published by : Sidestone Press
This volume is based on an anthropological fieldwork among the Asmat people for many years, and investigates the cultural significances of Asmat’s dugout canoes by using ‘symbolic and interpretive anthropology’ as theoretical framework. .... Learn More -
Ci, Gender and Social Change among the Asmat of Papua, Indonesia [Hardback]
Onesius O. Daeli (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9789088909306
Published by : Sidestone Press
This volume is based on an anthropological fieldwork among the Asmat people for many years, and investigates the cultural significances of Asmat’s dugout canoes by using ‘symbolic and interpretive anthropology’ as theoretical framework. .... Learn More -
Ecology of a Tool: The ground stone axes of Irian Jaya (Indonesia) [Hardback]
Pierre Petrequin (Author); Anne-Marie Petrequin (Author); Alexandre Pelletier-Michaud (Translator)
£45.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789253863
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Archéo Logiques
Volume: 8
New Guinea, and especially Papua New Guinea, is the last country in the world where ethnologists were able to closely observe, film and photograph the whole manufacturing chaînes opératoires of polished stone felling tools, from quarry extraction ... .... Learn More -
The Native Greenlander: Folktales of Greenland [Paperback]
Aron of Kangeq (Author); Heinrich Rink (Editor)
£16.00ISBN: 9780996748087
Published by : International Polar Institute
This volume of folk tales collected by Heinrich Rink, by native Greenlanders, is the translation of the first book printed in Greenland. Rink began his career as an administrator based at the Moravian mission at Godthaab, on the southwest coast of... .... Learn More -
Megalithic Monuments and Social Structures: Comparative Studies on Recent and Funnel Beaker Societies [Paperback]
Maria Wunderlich (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9789088907869
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Scales of Transformation
Volume: 5
Megalith building constitutes not only a past, but also a recent phenomenon, which is still practised today. The documentation and interpretation of recent megalith building traditions is offering potential aid in the interpretation of prehistoric... .... Learn More -
Megalithic Monuments and Social Structures: Comparative Studies on Recent and Funnel Beaker Societies [Hardback]
Maria Wunderlich (Author)
£195.00ISBN: 9789088907876
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Scales of Transformation
Volume: 5
Megalith building constitutes not only a past, but also a recent phenomenon, which is still practised today. The documentation and interpretation of recent megalith building traditions is offering potential aid in the interpretation of prehistoric... .... Learn More -
This is not a Grass Skirt: On fibre skirts (liku) and female tattooing (veiqia) in nineteenth century Fiji [Paperback]
Karen Jacobs (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9789088908125
Published by : Sidestone Press
The Pacific ‘grass skirt’ has provoked debates about the demeaning and sexualised depiction of Pacific bodies. While these stereotypical portrayals associated with ‘nakedness’ are challenged in this book, the complex uses and meanings of the garme... .... Learn More -
This is not a Grass Skirt: On fibre skirts (liku) and female tattooing (veiqia) in nineteenth century Fiji [Hardback]
Karen Jacobs (Author)
£135.00ISBN: 9789088908132
Published by : Sidestone Press
The Pacific ‘grass skirt’ has provoked debates about the demeaning and sexualised depiction of Pacific bodies. While these stereotypical portrayals associated with ‘nakedness’ are challenged in this book, the complex uses and meanings of the garme... .... Learn More
