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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... agriculture through flood control and irrigation accompanied the rise of the earliest Egyptian states at about 5500 B.P. In the upper Nile Valley and in re- gions to the west , cattle herding without agriculture appeared surprisingly ...
... agriculture through flood control and irrigation accompanied the rise of the earliest Egyptian states at about 5500 B.P. In the upper Nile Valley and in re- gions to the west , cattle herding without agriculture appeared surprisingly ...
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... agriculture and irrigation agriculture , each with its own eco- logical and cultural implications , must also be distinguished . If rainfall agriculture is to be practiced , the problem of replenishing the nutrients . taken from the ...
... agriculture and irrigation agriculture , each with its own eco- logical and cultural implications , must also be distinguished . If rainfall agriculture is to be practiced , the problem of replenishing the nutrients . taken from the ...
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... AGRICULTURE Under favorable conditions , irrigation agri- culture yields more calories per calorie of effort than any other preindustrial mode of food production . And among irrigation farmers , the Chinese have excelled for thou- sands ...
... AGRICULTURE Under favorable conditions , irrigation agri- culture yields more calories per calorie of effort than any other preindustrial mode of food production . And among irrigation farmers , the Chinese have excelled for thou- sands ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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