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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... land sufficient to sup- port another 84 people without permanently damag- ing the regenerative capacities of the trees . However , the bulk of this land lies above or below the opti- mum altitude levels for their major crops and thus ...
... land sufficient to sup- port another 84 people without permanently damag- ing the regenerative capacities of the trees . However , the bulk of this land lies above or below the opti- mum altitude levels for their major crops and thus ...
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... land ; money can also be used as payment for la- bor . Rent ( see p . 328 ) for leased land and interest on loans are also said to occur . A closer look at the land tenure situation , how- ever , reveals fundamental differences between ...
... land ; money can also be used as payment for la- bor . Rent ( see p . 328 ) for leased land and interest on loans are also said to occur . A closer look at the land tenure situation , how- ever , reveals fundamental differences between ...
Page 252
... land even if it leads to death through starvation . As we will see in Chapter 18 , ownership of land and resources results from infrastructural processes that select for more dense and more productive pop- ulations . In preindustrial ...
... land even if it leads to death through starvation . As we will see in Chapter 18 , ownership of land and resources results from infrastructural processes that select for more dense and more productive pop- ulations . In preindustrial ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
Copyright | |
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