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Anthropology explored : the best of Smithsonian "AnthroNotes" / edited by Ruth Osterweis Selig, Marilyn R. London and P. Ann Kaupp ; with a foreword by David W. McCurdy.

Contributor(s): Osterweis Selig, Ruth | London, Marilyn R | Kaupp, P. Ann | McCurdy, David W
Language: English Series: Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Books, 2004.Edition: 2nd ed. rev. expDescription: xxi, 473p. : ill. ; 23cm.ISBN: 1588340937
Contents:
The art of anthropology : a note from the artist / Robert L. Humphrey; Introduction : human origins, diversity, and cultures / Ruth Osterweis Selig. Investigating our origins and variation. "Ape-ing" language : communicating with our closest relatives / Kathleen D. Gordon; Are humans inherently violent? / Robert W. Sussman; One man's search for human origins / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Rick Potts; New research in early human origins 7 to 1 million years ago / Alison S. Brooks and Rick Potts; The emergence of modern humans / Alison S. Brooks; The real Flintstones : artists' depictions of human ancestors / Diane Gifford-Gonzalez; Stories bones tell / Kathleen D. Gordon; Disease in human evolution / George J. Armelagos, Kathleen C. Barnes, and James Lin; The Moche : an ancient Peruvian people / John W. Verano; America's MIAs : forensic anthropology in action / Robert W. Mann and Thomas D. Holland; A new way to look at race / Boyce Rensberger; Race and ethnicity / Alison S. Brooks, Fatimah L. C. Jackson and Roy Richard Grinker. Examining our archaeological past. Agricultural origins in the ancient world / Melinda A. Zeder; Progress : the facts of ancient life / Mark N. Cohen; Ethnoarchaeology among the Efe : African hunter-gatherers / John W. Fisher, Jr.; The Vikings : old views and new findings / William W. Fitzhugh; Who got to America first? : fact and fiction / Stephen Williams; Researching the first Americans : one archaeologist's journey / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Dennis J. Seaford; The first South Americans : archaeology at Monte Verde / Tom D. Dillehay; Who were the ancient Maya? / Jeremy A. Sabloff; Origins of agriculture in eastern North America / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Bruce D. Smith; East meets west : new view of Arctic peoples / William W. Fitzhugh; The archaeology of African American life / Theresa A. Singleton. Exploring our many cultures. Cultural relativism and universal human rights / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban; Andean women : united we sit / Catherine J. Allen; Identity in colonial northern Mexico / William L. Merrill; Whose past is it anyway? : Plains Indian history / Loretta Fowler; Native Americans and Smithsonian research / JoAllyn Archambault and William C. Sturtevant; The Silk Road : a global cultural economy / Richard Kurin; Refugees : worldwide displacement and international response / Stephen C. Lubkemann; Linguistic survival among the Maya / Robert M. Laughlin; From tattoo to piercing : body art as visual language / Enid Schildkrout and Adrienne L. Kaeppler; Medicine, law, and education : applied linguistics / P. Ann Kaupp and Roger W. Shuy; The repatriation mandate : a clash of world views / Tamara L. Bray; Museums and repatriation : one case study / William T. Billeck; Aging : an anthropological perspective / Alison S. Brooks and Patricia Draper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The art of anthropology : a note from the artist / Robert L. Humphrey; Introduction : human origins, diversity, and cultures / Ruth Osterweis Selig. Investigating our origins and variation. "Ape-ing" language : communicating with our closest relatives / Kathleen D. Gordon; Are humans inherently violent? / Robert W. Sussman; One man's search for human origins / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Rick Potts; New research in early human origins 7 to 1 million years ago / Alison S. Brooks and Rick Potts; The emergence of modern humans / Alison S. Brooks; The real Flintstones : artists' depictions of human ancestors / Diane Gifford-Gonzalez; Stories bones tell / Kathleen D. Gordon; Disease in human evolution / George J. Armelagos, Kathleen C. Barnes, and James Lin; The Moche : an ancient Peruvian people / John W. Verano; America's MIAs : forensic anthropology in action / Robert W. Mann and Thomas D. Holland; A new way to look at race / Boyce Rensberger; Race and ethnicity / Alison S. Brooks, Fatimah L. C. Jackson and Roy Richard Grinker. Examining our archaeological past. Agricultural origins in the ancient world / Melinda A. Zeder; Progress : the facts of ancient life / Mark N. Cohen; Ethnoarchaeology among the Efe : African hunter-gatherers / John W. Fisher, Jr.; The Vikings : old views and new findings / William W. Fitzhugh; Who got to America first? : fact and fiction / Stephen Williams; Researching the first Americans : one archaeologist's journey / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Dennis J. Seaford; The first South Americans : archaeology at Monte Verde / Tom D. Dillehay; Who were the ancient Maya? / Jeremy A. Sabloff; Origins of agriculture in eastern North America / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Bruce D. Smith; East meets west : new view of Arctic peoples / William W. Fitzhugh; The archaeology of African American life / Theresa A. Singleton. Exploring our many cultures. Cultural relativism and universal human rights / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban; Andean women : united we sit / Catherine J. Allen; Identity in colonial northern Mexico / William L. Merrill; Whose past is it anyway? : Plains Indian history / Loretta Fowler; Native Americans and Smithsonian research / JoAllyn Archambault and William C. Sturtevant; The Silk Road : a global cultural economy / Richard Kurin; Refugees : worldwide displacement and international response / Stephen C. Lubkemann; Linguistic survival among the Maya / Robert M. Laughlin; From tattoo to piercing : body art as visual language / Enid Schildkrout and Adrienne L. Kaeppler; Medicine, law, and education : applied linguistics / P. Ann Kaupp and Roger W. Shuy; The repatriation mandate : a clash of world views / Tamara L. Bray; Museums and repatriation : one case study / William T. Billeck; Aging : an anthropological perspective / Alison S. Brooks and Patricia Draper.

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