Anthropology: The Exploration of Human DiversityWith an emphasis on human diversity, this textbook introduces undergraduates to the study of anthropology. All four sub-disciplines of the field--cultural, archaeological, biological/physical, and linguistic--are covered, and connections are made to prominent current issues and approaches. About two dozen Living Anthropology video clips are found |
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... chiefdoms . Robert Carneiro ( 1991 ) has distinguished between two kinds of ranked societies , only the second of which is a chiefdom . In the first type , exemplified by some Indians of North America's Pacific North- west , there were ...
... chiefdoms . Robert Carneiro ( 1991 ) has distinguished between two kinds of ranked societies , only the second of which is a chiefdom . In the first type , exemplified by some Indians of North America's Pacific North- west , there were ...
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... chiefdoms and states , high - status families often bury their dead with distinctive symbols and grave goods . Illustrating picto- graphic writing is this limestone tablet from the. Middle East by 7000 B.P. But had the leaders of large ...
... chiefdoms and states , high - status families often bury their dead with distinctive symbols and grave goods . Illustrating picto- graphic writing is this limestone tablet from the. Middle East by 7000 B.P. But had the leaders of large ...
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... Chiefdoms Social status in chiefdoms was based on seniority of descent . Because rank , power , prestige , and resources came through kinship and ... Chiefdoms Status Systems in Chiefdoms and States The Emergence of Stratification States.
... Chiefdoms Social status in chiefdoms was based on seniority of descent . Because rank , power , prestige , and resources came through kinship and ... Chiefdoms Status Systems in Chiefdoms and States The Emergence of Stratification States.
Contents
The Dimensions of Anthropology | 3 |
The Primates | 6 |
The Subdisciplines of Anthropology | 9 |
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