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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... slash - and - burn . A patch of forest is cut down and left to dry . Then the slash is set on fire and later the ashes , which contain a rich supply of nu- trients , are spread over the area to be planted ( Fig . 12.2 ) . In regions of ...
... slash - and - burn . A patch of forest is cut down and left to dry . Then the slash is set on fire and later the ashes , which contain a rich supply of nu- trients , are spread over the area to be planted ( Fig . 12.2 ) . In regions of ...
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... burning phase of swidden cycle . SLASH - AND - BURN FOOD ENERGY SYSTEMS Roy Rappaport ( 1968 , 1984 ) has made a care- ful study of the food energy system of the Tsembaga Maring , a clan living in semiper- manent villages on the ...
... burning phase of swidden cycle . SLASH - AND - BURN FOOD ENERGY SYSTEMS Roy Rappaport ( 1968 , 1984 ) has made a care- ful study of the food energy system of the Tsembaga Maring , a clan living in semiper- manent villages on the ...
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... slash - and - burn ecosystems use up a considerable amount of forest per capita , but in any particular year only 5 percent of the total territory may actu- ally be in production ( Boserup 1965 : 31 ) . The Tsembaga , for example ...
... slash - and - burn ecosystems use up a considerable amount of forest per capita , but in any particular year only 5 percent of the total territory may actu- ally be in production ( Boserup 1965 : 31 ) . The Tsembaga , for example ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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