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History of Physical Anthropology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 652

History of Physical Anthropology

The comparative study of humans as biological organisms, their evolution, and their physiological and anatomical functions and ecology of primates surveys the entire field and summarizes and organizes the basic knowledge, fundamental principles and development.

The Cultural Dynamics of Shell-matrix Sites
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 386

The Cultural Dynamics of Shell-matrix Sites

The contributors to this book introduce new ways to study shell-matrix sites, ranging from the geochemical analysis of shellfish to the interpretation of human remains buried within. Drawing upon examples from around the world, this is one of the only books to offer a global perspective on the archaeology of shell-matrix sites.

Boards and Cords
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 171

Boards and Cords

Archaeological evidence and ethnohistoric accounts document ancient groups from around the world intentionally binding their infants’ head in one of two manners. Soon after birth they would either strap hard, flat devices (e.g., boards) to both the front and back of the infant’s head, or wrap tight bandages (e.g., cords) around the head. The result is a permanently modified, adult head. In Boards and Cords, bioarchaeologist and skeletal biologist, Tyler G. O’Brien, explores the long-practiced, biocultural phenomenon of intentional cranial modification via an anthropological lens. An introductory chapter offers briefly summarized answers to main questions often asked about cranial modif...

Latin American Antiquity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

Latin American Antiquity

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 463

The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death

  • Categories: Art

This book provides a comprehensive examination of death, dying, and human remains in museums and heritage sites around the world. Presenting a diverse range of contributions from scholars, practitioners, and artists, the book reminds us that death and the dead body are omnipresent in museum and heritage spaces. Chapters appraise collection practices and their historical context, present global perspectives and potential resolutions, and suggest how death and dying should be presented to the public. Acknowledging that professionals in the galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) fields are engaging in vital discussions about repatriation and anti-colonialist narratives, the book inc...

Handbook of South American Archaeology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1172

Handbook of South American Archaeology

Perhaps the contributions of South American archaeology to the larger field of world archaeology have been inadequately recognized. If so, this is probably because there have been relatively few archaeologists working in South America outside of Peru and recent advances in knowledge in other parts of the continent are only beginning to enter larger archaeological discourse. Many ideas of and about South American archaeology held by scholars from outside the area are going to change irrevocably with the appearance of the present volume. Not only does the Handbook of South American Archaeology (HSAA) provide immense and broad information about ancient South America, the volume also showcases t...

Poblaciones chilenas
  • Language: es
  • Pages: 312

Poblaciones chilenas

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Rethinking the Andes–Amazonia Divide
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 421

Rethinking the Andes–Amazonia Divide

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-10-21
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  • Publisher: UCL Press

Nowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow-line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. The different disciplines that research the human past in South America have long tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be taken independently of each other. Objections have repeatedly been raised, however, to warn against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia, when there are also clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes–Amazonia Divide brings together archaeologists, linguists, ...

Handbook of Latin American Studies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 984

Handbook of Latin American Studies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Contains records describing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American studies. Coverage includes relevant books as well as over 800 social science and 550 humanities journals and volumes of conference proceedings. Most records include abstracts with evaluations.