Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyWritten by a foremost spokesperson on cultural materialism, this book introduces students to the four fields of anthropology making all aspects of archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology and cultural anthropology accessible and relevant to readers. |
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Page 187
... Aztec capital , contained well over 100,000 inhabitants when Cortez's disbelieving eyes first glimpsed its gardens , causeways , markets , pyra- mids , and temples ( Coe 1977 ; Fagan 1984 ; Vaillant 1966 ; Wolf 1959 ) . Aztec ...
... Aztec capital , contained well over 100,000 inhabitants when Cortez's disbelieving eyes first glimpsed its gardens , causeways , markets , pyra- mids , and temples ( Coe 1977 ; Fagan 1984 ; Vaillant 1966 ; Wolf 1959 ) . Aztec ...
Page 189
... Aztec state religion may have been a compensation for the shortage of meat ( see p . 396 ) ( Harner 1977 ; Harris 1987 ) . The Aztecs , however , met a fate different from all previous New World civilizations . In A.D. 1519 they were ...
... Aztec state religion may have been a compensation for the shortage of meat ( see p . 396 ) ( Harner 1977 ; Harris 1987 ) . The Aztecs , however , met a fate different from all previous New World civilizations . In A.D. 1519 they were ...
Page 399
... Aztecs in the 1540s , is generally con- sidered to be the most honest and reliable his- torian and ethnograper of Aztec Culture . This is what he wrote in his General History of the Things of New Spain : After having torn their hearts ...
... Aztecs in the 1540s , is generally con- sidered to be the most honest and reliable his- torian and ethnograper of Aztec Culture . This is what he wrote in his General History of the Things of New Spain : After having torn their hearts ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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