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Cambridge, MA.: Blackwell Science, 1987. Comprehensive scholarly text presents detailed topics covering inverterate paleontology; evolution; fossil preservation; biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography; ecology; classification: philosophies and methods; Kingdom Protista; Phylum Archaeocyatha; Phylum Porifera; Phylum Cnidaria; Phylum Annelida; Phylum Arthropoda; Phylum Mollusca; Phylum Hyolitha; Phylum Brachiopoda; Phylum Bryozoa; Phylum Echinodermata; Phylum Hemichordata (including Graptolithina); Phylum Conodonta; trace fossils; etc. 713 pp. Numerous… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1997. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the sight of tens of thousands of non-Kuwaiti Arabs, Indians, East Asians, and Westerners fleeing or trapped under occupation made the outside world suddenly aware of a singular fact of Kuwaiti society—that Kuwaitis are an absolute minority in their own country. Basing her analysis on extensive fieldwork and archival… Read more about this item

Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1980. Comprehensive preeminent text emplicitly examines the relationship between indigenous knowledge and development over a wide range of geographical regions and topics, including case studies, ethnocience, ethnoecology, ethnolinguistics, techniques and approaches, indigenous technical knowledge, ethnoclassifications, applied anthropology, etc. 466 pgs.Illustrated. Prior owner's small name-stamp to title page and upper edge. Upper spine corner slightly… Read more about this item

Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 2006. What was life really like for the band of adventurers who first set foot on the banks of the James River in 1607? Important as the accomplishments of these men and women were, the written records pertaining to them are scarce, ambiguous, and often conflicting, and those curious about the birthplace of the… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Davis-Poynter Ltd., 1972. Scholarly text examines the significance of the Australian frontier and the similarity to the American West, and explains the lure Australia seems to have for many American settlers today and how they have reacted to it. The author describes how the colonisation of America, in the first instance by religious non-conformists, and of Australia by… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1999. Scientists have long known that the popular image of the Neanderthal as a primitive, hairy, heavily browed, club-wielding brute is not supported by the fossil evidence. But to date, no such consensus has existed on the riddle of the Neanderthals disappearance. The Last Neanderthal, written by one of the most respected authorities on the subject… Read more about this item

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1987. The Carthage of today is a peaceful residential suburb and a successful holiday resort with wonderful beaches. The hotels and restaurants give few clues to its often troubled and violent 3000 year history. This book tells the story of Carthage, from the arrival of Princess Eiyssa in the land of the nomadic… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1986. Scholarly text documents the experiences of anthropologists with development in West Africa during the past ten years. It presents case study material to bring out the actual and potential contributions of social science to solving development problems found in Africa and other parts of the Third World. 323 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on the half… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1989. Comprehensive text presents a detailed record of the discovery and archaeological excavations of the Church of St. Polyeuktos, and immense Palace Church erected in Constantinople in the sixth century A.D. by the Byzantine Princess Anicia Juliana. The illustrattions include photographs taken on site during the excavations and also comparative works of art and… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987. Scholarly comprehensive text reviews the archaeology of western Iran from the first Neolithic villages through the earliest political states, from the archaic and Persian empires to the profound influences of the Greek and Roman civilizations, and finally to the fall to Islamic invaders. Text adopts a geographic approach, concentrating on settlement patterns and the… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1991. Scholarly text describes the tenacity and the vulnerability of pastoral societies faced with environmental instability, political strife, and social collapse and sets forward a new model for understanding how herding-based societies respond to local conditions and act as autonomous agents in political and economic systems. Includes case studies of the Tswana and the San; the… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1989. Scholarly text illustrates the best synthesis of data from museum collections, historical documents, and recent research with modern methodologies to reexamine the Hopewell site and culture, drawing on Willoughby's work and nearly 100 years of excavated materials. Includes Willoughby's analyses and drawings from Harvard's Peabody Museum and related new studies of both the context and… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1991. Scholarly text presents a detailed history of applied anthropology, including over 400 case studies on policy research, community action, and development projects. Each entry includes a summary of a project or other event and citations documenting that study. Topics covered include agricultural development, alcohol use, business, community action, criminal justice, disaster research, cultural resource management,… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Scholarly text examines a broad pan-regional view of the archaeological work in the American Southwest, including hunters and gatherers, transitions to sedentism, presence and nature of elites and regional systems, the Protohistoric period, and the history of southwestern archaeology. Includes viewpoints and data from desert, plateau, and mountainous areas. 434 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1985. Scholarly text conatins original essays of archaeological and ethnohistorical studies of west and northwest Mexico, two of the least known areas of Mesoamerica. Topics covered include areal and cultural syntheses and specific problems such as chronology, social organization, economic systems; coastal zones; etc. 487 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on the half-title page. Minor light… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1989. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of the effects of a massive hydroelectric dam on four social groups- the Kuna and Embera Amerindians, the Bayaneros (descendants of runaway slaves), and the colonists (peasant migrants from Western Panama). Includes an analysis of each group's reaction to resettlement, economic changes that each underwent, internal group conflicts that… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1994. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of the socioeconomic transformation of a traditional society confronting modern technological risk across the island of New Guinea, and examines the clash between the simple reproduction and subsistence production system of indigenous peoples and the expanded production and private accumulation system of mining which has resulted in environmental degradation.… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Scholarly text evaluates the progress of development in the Sudan within the context of various theories including modernization dependency, and underdevelopment theory. Text explores approaches in the context of market and exchange civil and native courts, administration and politics, village development-scheme organization, the role that law, markets, and administration play in the culture and development.… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1989. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of the internal workings of the household economy and the interrelationship with social and economic life. Drawing comparisons among Western and Third World cultures, the contributors demonstrate the complexities and variations in households; utilize detailed intimate knowledge of family affairs to illustrate how gender and authority shape households' internal… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1987. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of the native Andean strategies for averting risk in land, water, and animal resource management, and explores both adaptive and maladaptive solutions in the development of long-term management plans. Includes strategies indigenous to the arid land zones for managing herds and for managing land and water; cultural and social… Read more about this item