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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... matrilineal core of an avunculocal group . Their children leave the avunculocal group and are replaced by sister's sons . cality , mother's brothers and sister's sons form the core of the domestic unit . Sister's son is born in her ...
... matrilineal core of an avunculocal group . Their children leave the avunculocal group and are replaced by sister's sons . cality , mother's brothers and sister's sons form the core of the domestic unit . Sister's son is born in her ...
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... matrilineal societies like the Iroquois of New York and the Huron of Ontario enjoy a high degree of internal peace . But most matrilineal societies , like the Iroquois and the Huron , have a history of intense warfare directed outward ...
... matrilineal societies like the Iroquois of New York and the Huron of Ontario enjoy a high degree of internal peace . But most matrilineal societies , like the Iroquois and the Huron , have a history of intense warfare directed outward ...
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... matrilineal descent groups that are avunculocal than matrilineal descent groups that are matrilocal ( see Table 16.2 ) . Under avunculocality a male eventu- ally goes to live with his mother's brothers in their matrilineal domestic unit ...
... matrilineal descent groups that are avunculocal than matrilineal descent groups that are matrilocal ( see Table 16.2 ) . Under avunculocality a male eventu- ally goes to live with his mother's brothers in their matrilineal domestic unit ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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