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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... shaman's job to identify the culprit . Normally this is done through the art of divination , or clairvoyance . Putting themselves into trances with the aid of drugs , tobacco smoke , or monotonous drumming , shamans discover the name of ...
... shaman's job to identify the culprit . Normally this is done through the art of divination , or clairvoyance . Putting themselves into trances with the aid of drugs , tobacco smoke , or monotonous drumming , shamans discover the name of ...
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An Introduction to General Anthropology Marvin Harris. KUIKURU SHAMAN The shaman is leaving the village with his assistants on the way to a nearby lake to recover the lost soul of a patient lying ill in the house seen in the background ...
An Introduction to General Anthropology Marvin Harris. KUIKURU SHAMAN The shaman is leaving the village with his assistants on the way to a nearby lake to recover the lost soul of a patient lying ill in the house seen in the background ...
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... shamanistic complex includes some form of trance experience during which the shaman's pow- ers are increased . Possession , the invasion of the hu- man body by a god or spirit , is the most common form of shamanistic trance . The shaman ...
... shamanistic complex includes some form of trance experience during which the shaman's pow- ers are increased . Possession , the invasion of the hu- man body by a god or spirit , is the most common form of shamanistic trance . The shaman ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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