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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Page 215
... maize with them ( Godfrey and Cole 1979 ; cf. Schneider 1977 ) . Diffusionist theories of New World ag- ricultural origins have been decisively re- futed by the identification of ancestral forms of maize and the sequence of ...
... maize with them ( Godfrey and Cole 1979 ; cf. Schneider 1977 ) . Diffusionist theories of New World ag- ricultural origins have been decisively re- futed by the identification of ancestral forms of maize and the sequence of ...
Page 238
... maize . As in Mesoamerica , even the planting of maize did not necessarily lead to sedentary village life . However , as maize spread up the Mississippi Valley , it did eventually give rise to populous chiefdoms , the largest of which ...
... maize . As in Mesoamerica , even the planting of maize did not necessarily lead to sedentary village life . However , as maize spread up the Mississippi Valley , it did eventually give rise to populous chiefdoms , the largest of which ...
Page 538
... maize and beans -- were not subsidized and despite improvement in yields , continued to be planted on small , un- irrigated plots . Between 1940 and 1965 , per capita pro- duction of wheat and maize increased signif- icantly ...
... maize and beans -- were not subsidized and despite improvement in yields , continued to be planted on small , un- irrigated plots . Between 1940 and 1965 , per capita pro- duction of wheat and maize increased signif- icantly ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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