Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyWritten by a foremost spokesperson on cultural materialism, this book introduces students to the four fields of anthropology making all aspects of archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology and cultural anthropology accessible and relevant to readers. |
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... trading expeditions are likely to be hazardous in the extreme and to bear a resem- blance to war parties . One interesting mechanism for facilitating trade between distant groups is known as silent trade . The objects to be exchanged ...
... trading expeditions are likely to be hazardous in the extreme and to bear a resem- blance to war parties . One interesting mechanism for facilitating trade between distant groups is known as silent trade . The objects to be exchanged ...
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... trading with strangers in the absence of state- supervised markets is the establishment of special trade partnerships . In this arrangement , members of different bands or villages regard one another as metaphorical kin . The members of ...
... trading with strangers in the absence of state- supervised markets is the establishment of special trade partnerships . In this arrangement , members of different bands or villages regard one another as metaphorical kin . The members of ...
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... trade partnerships is described in Bronislaw Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific . The argonauts in question are the Trobriand Islanders , who trade with neighboring islands by means of daring canoe voyages across the open sea ...
... trade partnerships is described in Bronislaw Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific . The argonauts in question are the Trobriand Islanders , who trade with neighboring islands by means of daring canoe voyages across the open sea ...
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Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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