Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyProfessor Harris - the leading theorist in cultural materialism - bases this comprehensive work on the perspective of thematic and theoretical coherence, giving the book depth and continuity. Speaking directly to students, helpful chapter introductions and end-of-chapter summaries focus on key points before and after reading each chapter. This seventh edition includes meticulous updating of research and scholarship, especially in the very active field of physical anthropology and archaeology. A new feature - "America Now Updates" - turns an anthropological eye on the contemporary U.S., emphasizing the comparative aspects of anthropology and making the discipline relevant to students. |
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... Kung San ( the ! designates a sound that is not used in English , called a click ) are a hunting - and - gathering ... Kung San move about a great deal from one camp to another in search of water , game , and wild plant foods . They ...
... Kung San ( the ! designates a sound that is not used in English , called a click ) are a hunting - and - gathering ... Kung San move about a great deal from one camp to another in search of water , game , and wild plant foods . They ...
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... Kung caloric intake and a large share of protein as well . Studies of the ... San have a high standard of living . The key to this situation is that their ... Kung San , for example , only about 80 are eaten ( Lee 1979 : 226 ) . This ...
... Kung caloric intake and a large share of protein as well . Studies of the ... San have a high standard of living . The key to this situation is that their ... Kung San , for example , only about 80 are eaten ( Lee 1979 : 226 ) . This ...
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... Kung San , for example , are pri- marily bilateral , and this reflects in turn a predominant bilocal postmarital residence pattern . ! Kung San camps contain a core of siblings of both sexes , plus their spouses and children and an ...
... Kung San , for example , are pri- marily bilateral , and this reflects in turn a predominant bilocal postmarital residence pattern . ! Kung San camps contain a core of siblings of both sexes , plus their spouses and children and an ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
Copyright | |
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