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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... agriculture in south- ern China and Southeast Asia . The melting of the po- lar ice caps and continental glaciers raised the level of the sea . This resulted in the inundation of half of the land area of Southeast Asia , confronting the ...
... agriculture in south- ern China and Southeast Asia . The melting of the po- lar ice caps and continental glaciers raised the level of the sea . This resulted in the inundation of half of the land area of Southeast Asia , confronting the ...
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... agriculture : the lands close to the Arctic Circle or deserts like the interior of Australia . Most of these hunter - gatherers are organized into small groups called bands , numbering from about 20 to 50 people . Bands consist of ...
... agriculture : the lands close to the Arctic Circle or deserts like the interior of Australia . Most of these hunter - gatherers are organized into small groups called bands , numbering from about 20 to 50 people . Bands consist of ...
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... AGRICULTURE Under favorable conditions , irrigation agriculture yields more calories per calorie of effort than any other preindustrial mode of food production . And among irrigation farmers , the Chinese have excelled for thousands of ...
... AGRICULTURE Under favorable conditions , irrigation agriculture yields more calories per calorie of effort than any other preindustrial mode of food production . And among irrigation farmers , the Chinese have excelled for thousands of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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