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Book SynopsisCompanion to Dental Anthropology presents a collection of original readings addressing all aspects and sub-disciplines of the field of dental anthropology from its origins and evolution through to the latest scientific research.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Foreword xv Acknowledgments xviii Part I Context 1 1 Introduction to Dental Anthropology 3Joel D. Irish and G. Richard Scott 2 A Brief History of Dental Anthropology 7G. Richard Scott Part II Dental Evolution 19 3 Origins and Functions of Teeth: From “Toothed” Worms to Mammals 21Peter S. Ungar 4 The Teeth of Prosimians, Monkeys, and Apes 37Frank P. Cuozzo 5 The Hominins 1: Australopithecines and Their Ancestors 52Lucas K. Delezene 6 The Hominins 2: The Genus Homo 67Maria MartinÓn‐Torres and José María BermÚdez de Castro Part III The Human Dentition 85 7 Terms and Terminology Used in Dental Anthropology 87Joel D. Irish 8 Anatomy of Individual Teeth and Tooth Classes 94Loren R. Lease 9 The Masticatory System and Its Function 108Peter W. Lucas Part IV Dental Growth and Development 121 10 An Overview of Dental Genetics 123Toby Hughes, Grant Townsend, and Michelle Bockmann 11 Odontogenesis 142Edward F. Harris 12 Tooth Eruption and Timing 159Helen M. Liversidge 13 Tooth Classes, Field Concepts, and Symmetry 172Grant Townsend, Alan Brook, Robin Yong, and Toby Hughes Part V Dental Histology from the Inside Out 189 14 The Pulp Cavity and Its Contents 191Scott S. Legge and Anna M. Hardin 15 Dentine and Cementum Structure and Properties 204Nancy Tang, Adeline Le Cabec, and Daniel Antoine 16 Enamel Structure and Properties 223Daniel Antoine and Simon Hillson Part VI Dental Morphometric Variation in Populations 245 17 Identifying and Recording Key Morphological (Nonmetric) Crown and Root Traits 247G. Richard Scott, Christopher Maier and Kelly Heim 18 Assessing Dental Nonmetric Variation among Populations 265Joel D. Irish 19 Measurement of Tooth Size (Odontometrics) 287Brian E. Hemphill 20 Assessing Odontometric Variation among Populations 311Brian E. Hemphill Part VII Dental Morphometric Variation in Individuals 337 21 Forensic Odontology 339Heather J.H. Edgar and Anna L.M. Rautman 22 Estimating Age, Sex, and Individual ID from Teeth 362Christopher W. Schmidt 23 Indicators of Idiosyncratic Behavior in the Dentition 377Christopher M. Stojanowski, Kent M. Johnson, Kathleen S. Paul, and Charisse L. Carver 24 Dentition, Behavior, and Diet Determination 396Kristin L. Krueger Part VIII Dental Health and Disease 413 25 Crown Wear: Identification and Categorization 415Scott E. Burnett 26 Caries: The Ancient Scourge 433Daniel H. Temple 27 Dental Stress Indicators from Micro‐ to Macroscopic 450Debbie Guatelli‐Steinberg 28 A Host of Other Dental Diseases and Disorders 465Greg C. Nelson Part IX The Future of Dental Anthropology 485 29 New Directions in Dental Development Research 487John P. Hunter and Debbie Guatelli‐Steinberg 30 Chemical and Isotopic Analyses of Dental Tissues 499Louise T. Humphrey 31 Non‐Invasive Imaging Techniques 514José Braga Index 528

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Book SynopsisThe health of populations around the world is being impacted by the development of syndemics. A syndemic is a set of enmeshed and mutually enhancing health problems that, working together in a context of noxious social and physical conditions, can significantly affect the overall disease burden and health status of a population. Defined more precisely as the concentration and deleterious interaction of two or more diseases or other health conditions in a population, especially as a consequence of social inequity and the unjust exercise of power, syndemics appear to have played an important role in human disease history (and hence more generally in human history), continue to have a significant impact on diverse populations globally, and are likely to influence the human (and animal) health profile of the future. As a result the syndemics concept, which developed within anthropology, has received a growing level of attention in public health, biomedicine, and in other disciplines that f

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Book SynopsisNow updated and expanded, People and Nature is a lively, accessible introduction to environmental anthropology that focuses on the interactions between people, culture, and nature around the world. Written by a respected scholar in environmental anthropology with a multi-disciplinary focus that also draws from geography, ecology, and environmental studies Addresses new issues of importance, including climate change, population change, the rise of the slow food and farm-to-table movements, and consumer-driven shifts in sustainability Explains key theoretical issues in the field, as well as the most important research, at a level appropriate for readers coming to the topic for the first time Discusses the challenges in ensuring a livable future for generations to come and explores solutions for correcting the damage already done to the environment Offers a powerful, hopeful future vision for improved relations between humaTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition x Acknowledgments xiii 1 Human Agency and the State of the Earth 1 Introduction 1 Can One Conceive of Ecosystems Without Human Agents? 11 Human Agency: Individuals Making a Difference 14 Overwhelming Evidence for Concern with the Condition of the Earth System 17 Looking Back and Looking Forward 26 Additional Resources 27 References 28 2 A Reminder: How Things Were… 33 The Study of Human Ecological Relations 33 The Contemporary Study of Environmental Issues: The Rise of Cross-Disciplinary Team-Based Approaches 39 The Evolution of Human–Environment Interactions 47 Hunter-Gatherers: Setting Our Preferences 52 How Did We Decide to Become Farmers? 56 Herding and Farming: An Uneasy Relationship 59 More Food for the Masses 61 Additional Resources 64 References 64 3 The Great Forgetting 75 Earth Transformations in Prehistory 75 The Archeology of Environmental Change 83 The Urban–Industrial Revolution and the Unleashing of Prometheus 86 The Contemporary Situation: Human-Dominated Ecosystems 89 Additional Resources 91 References 92 4 The Web of Life: Are We in it? 96 The Web of Life and Trophic Relations: Thinking Ecologically 96 Ecosystem Productivity and Net Primary Production 103 Land Use and Long-Term Disturbance 105 Additional Resources 117 References 117 5 What Makes People Do That? 122 Learning, Adaptation, and Information 122 Mitigation and the Cautionary Principle 135 Transforming the Face of the Earth: Making Better Decisions 136 Additional Resources 139 References 140 6 Population and Environment 145 Theories about Population 146 The Demographic Transition 147 Aging and International Flows of Labor 150 Addressing the Needs of 10 Billion People 153 Changing the Population and Environment Nexus 159 Additional Resources 162 References 163 7 Rebuilding Communities and Institutions 166 Community in Human Evolution 166 What is Sacred in Human Evolution? 169 Tragedies of the Commons 172 Institutions and Self]Organization 176 Bioregionalism, Deep Ecology, and Embedding People in Nature 180 Additional Resources 182 References 183 8 Can We Learn When We Have Enough? 188 Material Boys and Material Girls 188 Patterns of Consumption in Developed Countries 189 Patterns of Consumption in Developing Countries 196 A Feeding Frenzy and a Crisis in Public Health 200 Burning Fossil Fuels instead of Calories 202 Do We Have Enough Material Goods Now? 205 Additional Resources 207 References 208 9 Quality of Life: When Less is More 210 Resource Abundance versus Resource Scarcity 210 When Less is More 220 The Scale of the Problem and the Scale of the Solution 229 Restoring Our Balance: Valuing Community and Trust 233 Are We Happier When We Have More? 238 References 241 Index 244

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Book SynopsisThis book examines children and young people's attempts to participate in conversations about their own treatment throughout uncertain cancer trajectories, including the events leading up to diagnosis, treatment, remission, relapse, and cure or death. Clearly and compellingly written, Clementerelieson a new multi-layered methodto identify six cancer communication strategies Illustrates that communication is central to how children, parents, and healthcare professionals constitute, influence, and make sense of the social worlds they inhabitor that they want to inhabit Provides ethnographic case studies of childhood cancer patients in Spain, using children''s own words Examines the challenges of how to talk to and how to encourage patients'' involvement in reatment discussions In his critique of the telling versus not telling debates, Clemente argues that communication should be adjusted to the children's own needs, and that children''sTrade Review"...opens up broader margins of reflection about how medical diagnoses, and in general medical communication, are delivered and negotiated and provides the reader with extensive references with which the theoretical discussion is constantly confronted and challenged...Clemente is surely paving the way toward a more fertile and effective collaboration between medical and linguistic anthropology..." - Letizia Bonanno, AAA Book Forum, 2016Table of ContentsSeries Preface ix Acknowledgments xii Preface xiv 1. Children: Contributions to Communication and Illness 1 Alternatives to Speaking 5 Disclosure as a Dynamic and Heterogeneous Process 7 Disclosure to Children with Cancer 10 Problematizing Participation 13 Uncertainty and the Practice of Optimism 21 Multiple Uncertainties 21 Hierarchically Organized Uncertainties 23 Variable Uncertainties 23 Practicing Hope and Optimism 25 Ethnography and Conversation Analysis 26 Plan of the Book 31 2. A Linguistic Anthropologist in a Pediatric Cancer Unit 33 Culture and Disclosure Practices in Catalonia 34 Fieldwork with Children 38 Contexts of Children’s Questions 42 Investigating Avoidance 44 Multiple Ways of Talking about Cancer 47 3. Living and Dealing with Cancer 49 Focusing on Treatment 51 Guessing 55 Estar baixet (Having Low Blood Cell Counts) 56 Les llagues (Mouth Sores) 57 La febre (Fever and Infections) 58 Being Together 60 Acompanyar (Being at the Patient’s Side) 61 Menjar (Eating) 63 Fer una visita (Visiting) 64 Talking Privately 67 Uncertainties of Treatment 71 4. Co]constructing Uncertainty 74 Questions and Answers 76 Uncertainty and the Topic of Questions 79 Contingent Answers 80 Contingent Questions 86 Uncertainty and the Action of Questions 88 Answers that Lead to Subsequent Actions 90 Avoiding Answers and Avoiding Silence 93 Stepping into the Uncertain Future One Turn at a Time 100 5. Engaging in Communication at Catalonia Hospital 102 Learning the Diagnosis 103 L’entrevista (The Treatment Interview) 109 “And When Will I Be Completely Cured?” 111 Six Communication Strategies 127 6. Patient Pressure and Medical Authority 129 Everyday Life in Treatment 130 “How Many Chemos Do I Have Left?” 133 Seeking Answers Without Challenging Medical Authority 151 7. The Limits of Optimism at the End of Treatment 153 Remission 154 Relapse 159 Negotiating Death 161 “Is the Day of the Autotransplant Going to Be Delayed?” 168 Optimistic Collusion 178 8. Conclusion 180 Appendix A: Profiles of Patients 189 Children (ages 3-6) 189 Young people (ages 11-18) 190 Appendix B: Transcription Conventions 193 References 197 Index 214

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Moral Anthropology features a collection of readings from international experts that explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in the emerging field of moral anthropology. This companion includes coverage of morality and ethics, moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroethics, and bioethics.Trade Review“This thrilling survey at once points to a rich future for anthropology, without diminishing the ethical and moral debts contemporary anthropologists owe to their predecessors.” (Expofairs.com, 1 March 2016) "Throughout the book, dialogues between philosophies and anthropological case studies produce rich understandings on various approaches, philosophical backgrounds and ethnographic specifics." (Anu Lounela, University of Helsinki in Suomen Antropologi - Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 03/2015 issue) "This edited volume is a huge and very welcome contribution to the discussion of morals in anthropology and includes articles that are extremely profound and well written." (Anu Lounela, University of Helsinki in Suomen Antropologi - Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 03/2015 issue)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Introduction: Toward a Critical Moral Anthropology 1 Didier Fassin Part I Legacies 19 1 Durkheim and the Moral Fact 21 Bruno Karsenti 2 Weber and Practical Ethics 37 Isabelle Kalinowski 3 E. P. Thompson and Moral Economies 49 Marc Edelman 4 Foucault and the Genealogy of Ethics 67 James D . Faubion 5 Relativism and Universalism 85 Richard A. Shweder 6 Anthropology and Ethics 103 Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban Part II Approaches 115 7 Cultural Values 117 Joel Robbins 8 Ordinary Ethics 133 Veena Das 9 Moral Sentiments 150 C . Jason Throop 10 Moral Reasoning 169 Karen M . Sykes 11 Virtue 186 Thomas Widlok 12 Narratives 204 Jarrett Zigon Part III Localities 221 13 Ethics and Piety 223 Saba Mahmood 14 Care and Disregard 242 João Biehl 15 Mourning 264 Everett Yuehong Zhang 16 Poverty 283 Harri Englund 17 Inequality 302 Caroline Humphrey 18 Sexuality 320 Stacy Leigh Pigg Part IV Worlds 339 19 Religion and Morality 341 Michael Lambek 20 Charity 359 Jonathan Benthall 21 Medicine 376 Adriana Petryna 22 Science 395 Michael M . J . Fischer 23 Finance 413 Karen Ho 24 Law 432 Carol J. Greenhouse Part V Politics 449 25 Humanitarianism 451 Peter Redfield 26 Human Rights 468 Mark Goodale 27 War 482 Catherine Lutz and Kathleen Millar 28 Violence 500 Alexander Hinton 29 Punishment 519 Roger Lancaster 30 Borders 540 Josiah M. Heyman and John Symons Part VI Dialogues 559 31 Moral Philosophy 561 Kwame Anthony Appiah 32 Moral Psychology 578 James Dungan and Liane Young 33 Neuroethics 595 Massimo Reichlin 34 Evolutionary and Cognitive Anthropology 611 Nicolas Baumard and Dan Sperber Index of Names 628 Subject Index 641

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Forensic Anthropology explores the latest theoretical and methodological work in the field, and includes thorough and up-to-date bibliographies. A wide range of international experts provide a comprehensive assessment of the field of forensic anthropology.Trade Review“In summary, Dirkmaat’s volume would seem to succeed in its stated goal of providing a timely and thorough supplement to generalized textbooks of forensic anthropology.” Journal Forensic Sciences "There are of course a number of excellent chapters from some of the big hitters in the discipline and it is not surprising that the volume is perhaps on firmest ground in areas such as Forensic Osteology,Skeletal Trauma Analysis and Forensic Taphonomy." (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xvi Notes on Contributors xvii About This Book xxix Acknowledgments xxxv Part I Introduction and Brief History of Forensic Anthropology 1 1 Forensic Anthropology: Embracing the New Paradigm 3Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Luis L. Cabo Part II Recovery of Human Remains from Outdoor Contexts 41 Introduction to Part II 43Dennis C. Dirkmaat 2 Documenting Context at the Outdoor Crime Scene: Why Bother? 48Dennis C. Dirkmaat 3 Determining the Forensic Significance of Skeletal Remains 66John J. Schultz 4 The Application of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Forensic Grave Detection 85John J. Schultz 5 Crime Scene Perspective: Collecting Evidence in the Context of the Criminal Incident 101Michael J. Hochrein 6 The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Recovery and Interpretation of the Fatal-Fire Victim 113Dennis C. Dirkmaat, Gregory O. Olson, Alexandra R. Klales, and Sara Getz 7 Forensic Anthropology at the Mass Fatality Incident ( Commercial Airliner) Crash Scene 136Dennis C. Dirkmaat 8 Mass Graves and Human Rights: Latest Developments, Methods, and Lessons Learned 157Hugh H. Tuller 9 Archaeology, Mass Graves, and Resolving Commingling Issues through Spatial Analysis 175Luis L. Cabo, Dennis C. Dirkmaat, James M. Adovasio, and Vicente C. Rozas Part III Developments in Forensic Osteology 197 Introduction to Part III 199Luis L. Cabo 10 Developments in Forensic Anthropology: Age-at-Death Estimation 202Heather M. Garvin, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Natalie M. Uhl, Desina R. Gipson, Rebecca S. Overbury, and Luis L. Cabo 11 Skeletal Age Estimation: Where We are and Where We Should Go 224George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen 12 Adult Sex Determination: Methods and Application 239Heather M. Garvin 13 Sexual Dimorphism: Interpreting Sex Markers 248Luis L. Cabo, Ciarán P. Brewster, and Juan Luengo Azpiazu 14 Morphoscopic Traits and the Assessment of Ancestry 287Joseph T. Hefner, Stephen D. Ousley, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat 15 Fordisc 3 and Statistical Methods for Estimating Sex and Ancestry 311Stephen D. Ousley and Richard L. Jantz 16 Estimating Stature 330Stephen D. Ousley Part IV Developments in Human Skeletal Trauma Analysis 335 Introduction to Part IV 337Dennis C. Dirkmaat 17 Interpreting Traumatic Injury to Bone in Medicolegal Investigations 340Steven A. Symes, Ericka N. L ’ Abbé, Erin N. Chapman, Ivana Wolff, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat 18 The Biomechanics of Gunshot Trauma to Bone: Research Considerations within the Present Judicial Climate 390Hugh E. Berryman, Alicja K. Lanfear, and Natalie R. Shirley 19 Developments in Skeletal Trauma: Blunt-Force Trauma 400Nicholas V. Passalacqua and Todd W. Fenton Part V Advances in Human Identification 413 Introduction to Part V 415Dennis C. Dirkmaat 20 Advances in the Anthropological Analysis of Cremated Remains 418Traci L. Van Deest, Michael W. Warren, and Katelyn L. Bolhofner 21 Human Identification Using Skull–Photo Superimposition and Forensic Image Comparison 432Norman J. Sauer, Amy R. Michael, and Todd W. Fenton 22 DNA Analysis and the Classic Goal of Forensic Anthropology 447Luis L. Cabo 23 DNA Identification and Forensic Anthropology: Developments in DNA Collection, Analysis, and Technology 462David Boyer Part VI Forensic Taphonomy 471 Introduction to Part VI 473Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Nicholas V. Passalacqua 24 Current Research in Forensic Taphonomy 477Marcella H. Sorg, William D. Haglund, and Jamie A. Wren 25 The Use of Taphonomy in Forensic Anthropology: Past Trends and Future Prospects 499Mark O. Beary and R. Lee Lyman Part VII Forensic Anthropology Beyond Academia 529 Introduction to Part VII 531Dennis C. Dirkmaat 26 Forensic Anthropologists in Medical Examiner ’ s and Coroner ’ s Offices: A History 534Hugh E. Berryman and Alicja K. Lanfear 27 Forensic Anthropology at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner 549Christopher W. Rainwater, Christian Crowder, Kristen M. Hartnett, Jeannette S. Fridie, Benjamin J. Figura, Jennifer Godbold, Scott C. Warnasch, and Bradley J. Adams 28 The Many Hats of a Recovery Leader: Perspectives on Planning and Executing Worldwide Forensic Investigations and Recoveries at the JPAC Central Identification Laboratory 567Paul D. Emanovsky and William R. Belcher Part VIII Forensic Anthropology Outside North America 593 Introduction to Part VIII 595Dennis C. Dirkmaat 29 European Perspectives and the Role of the Forensic Archaeologist in the UK 598Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Stephen Litherland, and Julie Roberts 30 The Establishment and Advancement of Forensic Anthropology in South Africa 626Ericka N. L ’ Abbé and Maryna Steyn 31 The Application of Forensic Anthropology to the Investigation of Cases of Political Violence 639Luis Fondebrider Part IX Ethics, Overview, and the Future of Forensic Anthropology 649 Introduction to Part IX 651Dennis C. Dirkmaat 32 The Pervasiveness of Daubert 654Stephen D. Ousley and R. Eric Hollinger 33 Ethics in Forensic Anthropology 666Diane L. France 34 An “Outsider” Look at Forensic Anthropology 683James M. Adovasio Index 690

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Book SynopsisBiocultural or biosocial anthropology is a research approach that views biology and culture as dialectically and inextricably intertwined, explicitly emphasizing the dynamic interaction between humans and their larger social, cultural, and physical environments.Table of ContentsContributors, xv Acknowledgements, xix A biocultural tribute to a biocultural scholar: Professor George J. Armelagos, May 22, 1936–May 15, 2014, 1Debra L. Martin & Molly K. Zuckerman References, 6 1 Introduction: the development of biocultural perspectives in anthropology, 7Molly K. Zuckerman & Debra L. Martin Introduction, 7 The origins and development of the biocultural approach, 8 Using a biocultural model, 12 Difficulties in using the biocultural approach, 15 The case studies in this volume, 15 Conclusion, 24 References, 24 Notes, 26 Part I: Critical and synthetic approaches to biocultural anthropology 2 Exploring biocultural concepts: anthropology for the next generation, 29R. Brooke Thomas Introduction, 29 Background, 29 Case study: the Quechua of southern Peru, 1964 to the present, 31 Discussion, 41 Conclusion, 42 References, 44 Notes, 47 Endnotes, 47 3 Local nutrition in global contexts: critical biocultural perspectives on the nutrition transition in Mexico, 49Thomas L. Leatherman, Morgan K. Hoke & Alan H. Goodman Introduction, 49 Background, 49 Case study: the “coca-colonization” of diet in the Yucatán, 54 Conclusion, 61 References, 62 Notes, 65 Part II: Biocultural approaches to identity 4 Disease and dying while black: how racism, not race, gets under the skin, 69Alan H. Goodman Introduction, 69 Background, 72 Case study: race versus racism, 81 Discussion and conclusion, 85 References, 86 5 Beyond genetic race: biocultural insights into the causes of racial health disparities, 89Christopher W. Kuzawa & Clarence C. Gravlee Introduction, 89 Background, 90 Case study #1: hypertension in the African Diaspora, 99 Case study #2: does the experience of racial discrimination in the United States have intergenerational health consequences?, 101 Discussion and conclusion, 101 References, 102 6 Political economy of African forced migration and enslavement in colonial New York: an historical biology perspective, 107Michael L. Blakey & Lesley M. Rankin-Hill Introduction, 107 Background, 108 Case study, 109 Discussion, 125 Conclusion, 127 References, 129 Notes, 131 7 Identifying the First African Baptist Church: searching for historically invisible people, 133Lesley M. Rankin-Hill Introduction, 133 Case study: Afro-American biohistory, 134 Conclusion, 152 References, 153 Notes, 155 Part III: Biocultural approaches to health and diet 8 "Canaries in the mineshaft": the children of Kulubnarti, 159Paul A. Sandberg & Dennis P. van Gerven Introduction, 159 Case study: Nubia and Kulubnarti, 160 Conclusion, 176 Acknowledgments, 176 References, 176 9 Biocultural investigations of ancient Nubia, 181Brenda J. Baker Introduction, 181 Background, 183 Case study: operationalizing a biocultural investigation: the Bioarchaeology of Nubia Expedition, 191 Conclusion, 194 Acknowledgments, 194 References, 194 10 Life and death in nineteenth-century Peoria, Illinois: taking a biocultural approach towards understanding the past, 201Anne L. Grauer, Laura A. Williams & M. Catherine Bird Introduction, 201 Case study: life and death in nineteenth-century Peoria, 203 Discussion, 210 Conclusion, 212 Acknowledgments, 213 References, 213 11 Does industrialization always result in reduced skeletal robusticity?, 219Ann L. Magennis & Joshua G.S. Clementz Introduction, 219 Background, 220 Case study: testing ideas about robusticity and industrialization, 225 Discussion, 232 Conclusion, 235 Acknowledgments, 236 References, 237 12 Stable isotopes and selective forces: examples in biocultural and environmental anthropology, 241Christine D. White & Fred J. Longstaffe Introduction, 241 Background, 244 Case study: isotopes and epidemiological risk factors/synergies at Wadi Halfa and surrounding regions, 247 Discussion and conclusion, 252 Acknowledgments, 253 References, 254 13 The cuisine of prehispanic Central Mexico reconsidered: the "omnivore’s dilemma" revisited, 259Randolph J. Widmer & Rebecca Storey Introduction, 259 Case study: prehispanic cuisine of Central Mexico, 263 Conclusion, 272 Acknowledgments, 273 References, 274 Part IV: Biocultural approaches to infectious disease 14 The specter of Ebola: epidemiologic transitions versus the zombie apocalypse, 279Ronald Barrett Introduction, 279 Case study: Ebola and the epidemiological transitions, 282 Discussion and conclusion, 290 References, 291 Notes, 293 15 Beyond the differential diagnosis: new approaches to the bioarchaeology of the Hittite plague, 295Nicole E. Smith-Guzmán, Jerome C. Rose & Kathleen Kuckens Introduction, 295 Case study: investigating the cause of the Hittite plague, 297 Discussion and conclusion, 313 Acknowledgments, 313 References, 313 16 Paleoepidemiological and biocultural approaches to ancient disease: the origin and antiquity of syphilis, 317Molly K. Zuckerman & Kristin N. Harper Introduction, 317 Background, 319 Case study: biocultural and paleoepidemiological approaches to the origin and antiquity of syphilis, 324 Discussion, 328 Conclusion, 330 References, 331 Notes, 335 Part V: Biocultural approaches to understanding population dynamics 17 Population and disease transitions in the Åland Islands, Finland, 339James H. Mielke Introduction, 339 Background, 340 Case study: Åland archipelago, 346 Discussion, 352 Conclusion, 357 Acknowledgments, 358 References, 358 18 The hygiene hypothesis and the second epidemiologic transition: using biocultural, epidemiological, and evolutionary theory to inform practice in clinical medicine and public health, 363Molly K. Zuckerman, Jonathan R. Belanich & George J. Armelagos Introduction, 363 Background, 366 Case study: applying the hygiene hypothesis to practice in public health and clinical medicine, 373 Discussion and conclusion, 377 References, 379 19 An emerging history of indigenous Caribbean and circum-Caribbean populations: insights from archaeological, ethnographic, genetic, and historical studies, 385Theodore G. Schurr, Jada Benn Torres, Miguel G. Vilar, Jill B. Gaieski & Carlalynne Melendez Introduction, 385 Case study: exploring Caribbean genetic history, 387 Discussion, 394 Conclusion, 395 Acknowledgments, 396 References, 397 Notes, 402 20 Explorations in paleodemography: an overview of the Artificial Long House Valley agent-based modeling project, 403Alan C. Swedlund, Lisa Sattenspiel, Amy Warren, Richard S. Meindl & George J. Gumerman III Introduction, 403 Background, 407 Case study: the Artificial Long House Valley (ALHV) Project models, 408 Discussion, 419 Conclusion, 422 Acknowledgments, 424 References, 424 Part VI: Biocultural approaches to inequality and violence 21 Biocultural perspectives in bioarchaeology, 429Bethany L. Turner & Haagen D. Klaus Introduction, 429 Background, 430 Case study: understanding European contact in the Americas, 437 Conclusion, 446 Acknowledgments, 446 References, 447 Notes, 451 22 The poetics of violence in bioarchaeology: Integrating social theory with trauma analysis, 453Ventura R. Pérez Introduction, 453 Background, 454 Case study: the Sierra de Mazatán massacre, 458 Conclusion, 465 Acknowledgments, 467 References, 467 23 Broken bodies and broken bones: Biocultural approaches to ancient slavery and torture, 471Debra L. Martin & Anna J. Osterholtz Introduction, 471 Background, 474 Case study: slavery and torture in the prehispanic Southwest, 475 Discussion, 486 Conclusion, 487 References, 488 Notes, 490 Part VII: The next generation 24 Concluding thoughts: a bright future for students trained in using a biocultural perspective, 493Debra L. Martin & Molly K. Zuckerman Introduction, 493 Teaching, pedagogy, and ethics, 494 The past as a guide, 496 A bright future for biocultural scholarship, 496 References, 498 Notes, 498 Index, 499

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Book SynopsisA Companion to South Asia in the Past provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xvii Formal Dedication xviiiV.N. Misra Foreword xxAngela R. Lieverse Maps xxvi 1 Introduction 1Gwen Robbins Schug and Subhash R. Walimbe Part I Paleoanthropology in South Asia 11 2 Mammalian Paleodiversity and Ecology of Siwalik Primates in India and Nepal 13Rajan Gaur 3 A Decade of Paleoanthropology in the Indian Subcontinent (2005–2015) 32Parth R. Chauhan 4 Archaic Genomes and the Peopling of South Asia 51Mark Stoneking 5 Out of Africa and into South Asia: The Evidence from Paleolithic Archaeology 60Ravi Korisettar 6 Hominin Fossil Remains from the Narmada Valley 72A.R. Sankhyan 7 Mesolithic Foragers of the Ganges Plain and Adjoining Hilly Regions of the Vindhyas 86J.N. Pal 8 Mesolithic Foragers of the Ganges Plain: Pathology, Stature, and Subsistence 101John R. Lukacs Part II Middle Holocene Farmers and Urban Dwellers 125 9 Current Perspectives on the Harappan Civilization 127Vasant Shinde 10 Excavations at Harappa, 1986–2010: New Insights on the Indus Civilization and Harappan Burial Traditions 145J.M. Kenoyer and R.H. Meadow 11 Bioarchaeology of the Indus Valley Civilization: Biological Affinities, Paleopathology, and Chemical Analyses 169Nancy C. Lovell 12 More than Origins: Refining Migration in the Indus Civilization 187Benjamin Valentine 13 Aryans and the Indus Civilization: Archaeological, Skeletal, and Molecular Evidence 205Michel Danino 14 The Ahar Culture and Others: Social Spectrums of the Mewar Plain 225Teresa P. Raczek 15 The Archaeology of the Late Holocene on the Deccan Plateau (The Deccan Chalcolithic) 240Prabodh Shirvalkar and Esha Prasad 16 The Center Cannot Hold: A Bioarchaeological Perspective on Environmental Crisis in the Second Millennium bce, South Asia 255Gwen Robbins Schug and Kelly Elaine Blevins 17 The “Gandhara Grave Culture”: New Perspectives on Protohistoric Cemeteries in Northern and Northwestern Pakistan 274Muhammad Zahir Part III Historic Archaeology: Monuments and Meaning 295 18 Early Iron Age Megalith Builders of Vidarbha: A Historical View 297P.S. Joshi 19 Situating Iron Age Monuments in South India: A Textual and Ethnographic Approach 310K. Rajan 20 A Review of Early Historic Urbanization in India 319Reshma Sawant and Gurudas Shete 21 Historical and Medieval Period Archaeology 332Monica L. Smith 22 The Transition to Agricultural Production in India: South Asian Entanglements of Domestication 344Charlene A. Murphy and Dorian Q. Fuller 23 From Millet to Rice (and Back Again?): Cuisine, Cultivation, and Health in Southern India 358Kathleen D. Morrison 24 Death and Burial among Two Ancient High]Altitude Communities of Nepal 374Mark Aldenderfer and Jacqueline T. Eng Part IV South Asia in Retrospect 399 25 Prehistoric Archaeology in Bangladesh: An Overview 401Shahnaj Husne Jahan 26 Archaeology of Nepal 412Prakash Darnal 27 The Peopling of Sri Lanka from Prehistoric to Historic Times: Biological and Archaeological Evidence 426Samanti Kulatilake 28 Theoretical Archaeology in India: An Anthropological Perspective 437K. Paddayya 29 Moving Forward, Looking Back: The Collective Memory of Indian Anthropology 450Abhik Ghosh 30 Anthropology and Museums in India 465Kishor K. Basa 31 Human Skeletal Studies: Changing Trends in Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives 482Subhash R. Walimbe 32 Where Are They Now? The Human Skeletal Remains from India 496V. Mushrif-Tripathy, K.S. Chakraborty, and S. Lahiri Index 534

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Book SynopsisCompanion to Dental Anthropology presents a collection of original readings addressing all aspects and sub-disciplines of the field of dental anthropologyfrom its origins and evolution through to the latest scientific research. Represents the most comprehensive coverage of all sub-disciplines of dental anthropology available todayFeatures individual chapters written by experts in their specific area of dental researchIncludes authors who also present results from their research through case studies or voiced opinions about their workOffers extensive coverage of topics relating to dental evolution, morphometric variation, and pathologyTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Foreword xv Acknowledgments xviii Part I Context 1 1 Introduction to Dental Anthropology 3Joel D. Irish and G. Richard Scott 2 A Brief History of Dental Anthropology 7G. Richard Scott Part II Dental Evolution 19 3 Origins and Functions of Teeth: From “Toothed” Worms to Mammals 21Peter S. Ungar 4 The Teeth of Prosimians, Monkeys, and Apes 37Frank P. Cuozzo 5 The Hominins 1: Australopithecines and Their Ancestors 52Lucas K. Delezene 6 The Hominins 2: The Genus Homo 67Maria Martinon‐Torres and Jose Maria Bermudez de Castro Part III The Human Dentition 85 7 Terms and Terminology Used in Dental Anthropology 87Joel D. Irish 8 Anatomy of Individual Teeth and Tooth Classes 94Loren R. Lease 9 The Masticatory System and Its Function 108Peter W. Lucas Part IV Dental Growth and Development 121 10 An Overview of Dental Genetics 123Toby Hughes, Grant Townsend, and Michelle Bockmann 11 Odontogenesis 142Edward F. Harris 12 Tooth Eruption and Timing 159Helen M. Liversidge 13 Tooth Classes, Field Concepts, and Symmetry 172Grant Townsend, Alan Brook, Robin Yong, and Toby Hughes Part V Dental Histology from the Inside Out 189 14 The Pulp Cavity and Its Contents 191Scott S. Legge and Anna M. Hardin 15 Dentine and Cementum Structure and Properties 204Nancy Tang, Adeline Le Cabec, and Daniel Antoine 16 Enamel Structure and Properties 223Daniel Antoine and Simon Hillson Part VI Dental Morphometric Variation in Populations 245 17 Identifying and Recording Key Morphological (Nonmetric) Crown and Root Traits 247G. Richard Scott, Christopher Maier and Kelly Heim 18 Assessing Dental Nonmetric Variation among Populations 265Joel D. Irish 19 Measurement of Tooth Size (Odontometrics) 287Brian E. Hemphill 20 Assessing Odontometric Variation among Populations 311Brian E. Hemphill Part VII Dental Morphometric Variation in Individuals 337 21 Forensic Odontology 339Heather J.H. Edgar and Anna L.M. Rautman 22 Estimating Age, Sex, and Individual ID from Teeth 362Christopher W. Schmidt 23 Indicators of Idiosyncratic Behavior in the Dentition 377Christopher M. Stojanowski, Kent M. Johnson, Kathleen S. Paul, and Charisse L. Carver 24 Dentition, Behavior, and Diet Determination 396Kristin L. Krueger Part VIII Dental Health and Disease 413 25 Crown Wear: Identification and Categorization 415Scott E. Burnett 26 Caries: The Ancient Scourge 433Daniel H. Temple 27 Dental Stress Indicators from Micro‐ to Macroscopic 450Debbie Guatelli‐Steinberg 28 A Host of Other Dental Diseases and Disorders 465Greg C. Nelson Part IX The Future of Dental Anthropology 485 29 New Directions in Dental Development Research 487John P. Hunter and Debbie Guatelli‐Steinberg 30 Chemical and Isotopic Analyses of Dental Tissues 499Louise T. Humphrey 31 Non‐Invasive Imaging Techniques 514Jose Braga Index 528

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Book SynopsisA thought-provoking examination of death, dying, and the afterlife Prominent scholars present their most recent work about mortuary rituals, grief and mourning, genocide, cyclical processes of life and death, biomedical developments, and the materiality of human corpses in this unique and illuminating book. Interrogating our most common practices surrounding death, the authors ask such questions as: How does the state wrest away control over the dead from bereaved relatives? Why do many mourners refuse to cut their emotional ties to the dead and nurture lasting bonds? Is death a final condition or can human remains acquire agency? The book is a refreshing reassessment of these issues and practices, a source of theoretical inspiration in the study of death. With contributions written by an international team of experts in their fields, A Companion to the Anthropology of Death is presented in six parts and covers such subjects as: Governing the Dead in Guatemala; After Death CommunicaTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix An Anthropology of Death for the Twenty‐First Century xvAntonius C. G. M. Robben Part I Mortuary Rituals 1 1 Governing the Dead in Guatemala: Public Authority and Dead Bodies 3Finn Stepputat 2 Evolving Mortuary Rituals in Contemporary Japan 17Yohko Tsuji 3 Revealing Brands, Concealing Labor 31George Sanders 4 Playing with Corpses: Assembling Bodies for the Dead in Southwest China 45Erik Mueggler 5 Death and Separation in Postconflict Timor‐Leste 59Judith Bovensiepen 6 Migration, Death, and Conspicuous Redistribution in Southeastern Nigeria 71Daniel Jordan Smith Part II Emotions 85 7 After Death: Event, Narrative, Feeling 87Michael Lambek 8 Reflections on the Work of Recovery, I and II 103Beth A. Conklin 9 The Pursuit of Sorrow and the Ethics of Crying 117Olivier Allard 10 Mourning as Mutuality 131Jason Danely 11 A Comparative Study of Jewish Israeli and Buddhist Khmer Trauma Descendant Discontinued Bonds with the Genocide Dead 145Carol A. Kidron 12 Facing Death: On Mourning, Empathy, and Finitude 161Devin Flaherty and C. Jason Throop Part III Massive Death 175 13 What Is a Mass Grave? Toward an Anthropology of Human Remains Treatment in Contemporary Contexts of Mass Violence 177Élisabeth Anstett 14 Death on the Move: Pantheons and Reburials in Spanish Civil War Exhumations 189Francisco Ferrándiz 15 Accountability for Mass Death, Acts of Rescue, and Silence in Rwanda 205Jennie E. Burnet 16 Impassable Visions: The Cambodia to Come, the Detritus in its Wake 223Hudson McFann and Alexander Laban Hinton 17 Experience, Empathy, and Flexibility: On Participant Observation in Deadly Fields 237Ivana Maceǩ Part IV Regeneration 249 18 Learning How to Die 251Robert Desjarlais 19 Whirlpools, Glitter, and Ferocious Intruders: The Palpability of Death in Chachi Animism 265Istvan Praet 20 Shamanic Rebirth and the Paradox of Disremembering the Dead among Mapuche in Chile 279Ana Mariella Bacigalupo 21 After‐Death Communications: Signs from the Other World in Contemporary North America 293Ellen Badone 22 Cryonic Suspension as Eschatological Technology in the Secular Age 307Abou Farman Part V Corporeal Materiality 321 23 From Here and to Death: The Archaeology of the Human Body 323Liv Nilsson Stutz 24 Death, Corporeality, and Uncertainty in Zimbabwe 337Joost Fontein 25 Death, Power, and Silence: Native Nations’ Ancestral Remains at the Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 357Jacqueline Fear‐Segal 26 In the Absence of a Corpse: Rituals for Body Donors in the Netherlands 371Sophie Bolt 27 Death as Spectacle: Plastinated Bodies in Germany 383Uli Linke Part VI Biomedical Issues 399 28 The Body as Medicine: Blood and Organ Donation in China 401Charlotte Ikels 29 Ethical Dilemmas in the Field: Witchcraft and Biomedical Etiology in South Africa 415Isak Niehaus 30 The Disappearance of Dying, and Why It Matters 429Helen Stanton Chapple 31 Death, Detachment, and Moral Dilemmas of Care in a Kenyan Hospital 445Ruth J. Prince 32 The New Normal: Mediated Death and Assisted Dying in the United States 461Frances Norwood Index 477

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Book SynopsisBringing together 25 case studies from archaeological projects worldwide,Engaging Archaeologycandidly explores personal experiences, successes, challenges, and even frustrations from established and senior archaeologists who share invaluable practical advice for students and early-career professionals engaged in planning and carrying out their own archaeological research. With engaging chapters, such as How Not to Write a PhD Thesis on Neolithic Italy' and Accidentally Digging Central America''s Earliest Village', readers are transported to the desks, digs, and data-labs of the authors, learning the skills, tricks of the trade, and potential pit-falls of archaeological fieldwork and collections research. Case studies collectively span many regions, time periods, issues, methods, and materials. From the pre-Columbian Andes to Viking Age Iceland, North America to the Middle East, Medieval Ireland to remote north Australia, and Europe to Africa and India,Engaging ArchaTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Notes on Contributors xiii Acknowledgments xix 1 Engaging Archaeology: An Introduction and a Guide 1Stephen W. Silliman Part I Landscapes, Settlements, and Regions 13 2 Climbing Hillforts and Thinking about Warfare in the Pre]Columbian Andes 15Elizabeth Arkush 3 Losing Control in the American Southwest: Collaborative Archaeology in the Service of Descendant Communities 23Matthew Liebmann 4 Getting It Wrong for All the Right Reasons: Developing an Approach to Systematic Settlement Survey for Viking Age Iceland 31John M. Steinberg, Douglas J. Bolender, and Brian N. Damiata 5 Archaeological Projects in India: Decolonizing Archaeological Research, Assessing Success, and Valuing Failure 41Uzma Z. Rizvi 6 Lifeways of the First Australians: Regional Archaeology in the Remote North of Australia 51Jane Balme 7 The Kuril Biocomplexity Project: Anatomy of an Interdisciplinary Research Program in the North Pacific 61Ben Fitzhugh 8 Listen for the Echo of Drums Across the Water: Rock Art Sites as Engaged Community Research in Ontario, Canada 71John William Norder 9 The Heart of Lightness: Doing Archaeology in the Brazilian Central Amazon 79Eduardo G. Neves Part II Sites, Households, and Communities 87 10 Household Archaeology at the Community Scale? Refining Research Design in a Complex Polynesian Chiefdom 89Jennifer G. Kahn 11 Research Spaces from Borderland Places – Late Woodland Archaeology in Southern Ontario 99Neal Ferris 12 Ethnoarchaeology of Pottery in Tigray, Ethiopia: Engaging with Marginalized People 109Diane Lyons 13 Integrating Paleoethnobotany in Investigations of Spanish Colonialism in the American Southwest 119Heather B. Trigg 14 Framing Local History with Global Archaeological Lenses in Osun Grove, Nigeria 127Akinwumi Ogundiran 15 Rooting in New England: Archaeologies of Colonialism, Community, and Collaboration 135Stephen W. Silliman 16 Accidentally Digging Central America’s Earliest Village 143Rosemary A. Joyce 17 Slouching Towards Theory: Implementing Bioarchaeological Research at Petra, Jordan 151Megan A. Perry 18 In Archaeology, “You Get What You Get,” and Most of the Time What You Get Is Unexpected: Investigating Paleoindians in Western North America 159Ted Goebel 19 Archaeologies of a Medieval Irish Castle: Thinking about Trim 169Tadhg O’Keeffe Part III Materials, Collections, and Analyses 179 20 Dr. Stage]Love, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Dissertation on Race, Pipes, and Classification in the Chesapeake 181Anna S. Agbe]Davies 21 Lessons Learned in Seriating Maya Pottery 189Lisa J. LeCount 22 The Bones from the Other Tell: Zooarchaeology at Çatalhöyük West 199David Orton 23 Disrupting Fixed Narratives: Researching Colonial Dress and Identity in Museum Collections 209Diana DiPaolo Loren 24 Reverse Engineering in Prehistory: The Neolithic Bow of La Draga, Spain 219Juan A. Barceló, Vera Moitinho de Almeida, Oriol López-Bultó, Antoni Palomo, and Xavier Terradas 25 Learning about Learning in Ice Age France through Stone Tools: An Intersectional Feminist Approach without Gender 227Kathleen Sterling 26 How Not to Write a PhD Thesis: Some Real]Life Lessons from 1990s Michigan and Prehistoric Italy 235John Robb Index 245

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Book SynopsisBringing together 25 case studies from archaeological projects worldwide,Engaging Archaeologycandidly explores personal experiences, successes, challenges, and even frustrations from established and senior archaeologists who share invaluable practical advice for students and early-career professionals engaged in planning and carrying out their own archaeological research. With engaging chapters, such as How Not to Write a PhD Thesis on Neolithic Italy' and Accidentally Digging Central America's Earliest Village', readers are transported to the desks, digs, and data-labs of the authors, learning the skills, tricks of the trade, and potential pit-falls of archaeological fieldwork and collections research. Case studies collectively span many regions, time periods, issues, methods, and materials. From the pre-Columbian Andes to Viking Age Iceland, North America to the Middle East, Medieval Ireland to remote north Australia, and Europe to Africa and India,Engaging Archaeologyis packed with rich, first-hand source material. Unique and thoughtful, Stephen W. Silliman's guide is an essential course book for early-stage researchers, advanced undergraduates, and new graduate students, as well as those teaching and mentoring. It will also be insightful and enjoyable reading for veteran archaeologists.Trade Review“Central to the vibrancy of this collection is voice. The chapters are clearly narratives, not academic tomes.” - Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d’archéologie 45:98–100 (2021)Table of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Notes on Contributors xiii Acknowledgments xix 1 Engaging Archaeology: An Introduction and a Guide 1Stephen W. Silliman Part I Landscapes, Settlements, and Regions 13 2 Climbing Hillforts and Thinking about Warfare in the Pre]Columbian Andes 15Elizabeth Arkush 3 Losing Control in the American Southwest: Collaborative Archaeology in the Service of Descendant Communities 23Matthew Liebmann 4 Getting It Wrong for All the Right Reasons: Developing an Approach to Systematic Settlement Survey for Viking Age Iceland 31John M. Steinberg, Douglas J. Bolender, and Brian N. Damiata 5 Archaeological Projects in India: Decolonizing Archaeological Research, Assessing Success, and Valuing Failure 41Uzma Z. Rizvi 6 Lifeways of the First Australians: Regional Archaeology in the Remote North of Australia 51Jane Balme 7 The Kuril Biocomplexity Project: Anatomy of an Interdisciplinary Research Program in the North Pacific 61Ben Fitzhugh 8 Listen for the Echo of Drums Across the Water: Rock Art Sites as Engaged Community Research in Ontario, Canada 71John William Norder 9 The Heart of Lightness: Doing Archaeology in the Brazilian Central Amazon 79Eduardo G. Neves Part II Sites, Households, and Communities 87 10 Household Archaeology at the Community Scale? Refining Research Design in a Complex Polynesian Chiefdom 89Jennifer G. Kahn 11 Research Spaces from Borderland Places – Late Woodland Archaeology in Southern Ontario 99Neal Ferris 12 Ethnoarchaeology of Pottery in Tigray, Ethiopia: Engaging with Marginalized People 109Diane Lyons 13 Integrating Paleoethnobotany in Investigations of Spanish Colonialism in the American Southwest 119Heather B. Trigg 14 Framing Local History with Global Archaeological Lenses in Osun Grove, Nigeria 127Akinwumi Ogundiran 15 Rooting in New England: Archaeologies of Colonialism, Community, and Collaboration 135Stephen W. Silliman 16 Accidentally Digging Central America’s Earliest Village 143Rosemary A. Joyce 17 Slouching Towards Theory: Implementing Bioarchaeological Research at Petra, Jordan 151Megan A. Perry 18 In Archaeology, “You Get What You Get,” and Most of the Time What You Get Is Unexpected: Investigating Paleoindians in Western North America 159Ted Goebel 19 Archaeologies of a Medieval Irish Castle: Thinking about Trim 169Tadhg O’Keeffe Part III Materials, Collections, and Analyses 179 20 Dr. Stage]Love, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Dissertation on Race, Pipes, and Classification in the Chesapeake 181Anna S. Agbe]Davies 21 Lessons Learned in Seriating Maya Pottery 189Lisa J. LeCount 22 The Bones from the Other Tell: Zooarchaeology at Catalhoyuk West 199David Orton 23 Disrupting Fixed Narratives: Researching Colonial Dress and Identity in Museum Collections 209Diana DiPaolo Loren 24 Reverse Engineering in Prehistory: The Neolithic Bow of La Draga, Spain 219Juan A. Barceló, Vera Moitinho de Almeida, Oriol López-Bultó, Antoni Palomo, and Xavier Terradas 25 Learning about Learning in Ice Age France through Stone Tools: An Intersectional Feminist Approach without Gender 227Kathleen Sterling 26 How Not to Write a PhD Thesis: Some Real]Life Lessons from 1990s Michigan and Prehistoric Italy 235John Robb Index 245

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Book SynopsisIncorporating research findings over the last twenty years, First Islanders examines the human prehistory of Island Southeast Asia. This fascinating story is explored from a broad swathe of multidisciplinary perspectives and pays close attention to migration in the period dating from 1.5 million years ago to the development of Indic kingdoms late in the first millennium CE.Table of ContentsContents vii List of Figures and Plates xii Invited Contributors xv Acknowledgments xvi 1 Introducing First Islanders 1 This Book 3 A Note on Dating Terminology 7 A Note on Archaeological Terminology 7 Pronunciation and Place]names 9 Notes 9 References 10 2 Island Southeast Asia as a Canvas for Human Migration 11 The Shelves and Basins 12 Sundaland 15 Wallacea 15 Sahul 16 The Island Southeast Asian Environment 16 Climate 16 Landforms and Soils 18 The Floras of Island Southeast Asia 20 Faunal and Biogeographical Boundaries 21 The Cyclical Changes of the Pleistocene 22 The Pleistocene Epoch: Definition and Chronology 22 The Cycles of Glacials and Interglacials 23 World Sea Level Changes During the Pleistocene 23 The Consequences of Mid]latitude Glaciation 27 Notes 30 References 30 3 Homo erectus and Homo floresiensis: Archaic Hominins in Island Southeast Asia 34 Hominin Antecedents in Africa and Asia 35 Homo erectus in Java 38 Java – Pleistocene Mammals and Stratigraphy 39 Sangiran 41 Ngandong 43 When Did Hominins Arrive in Java? 44 The Evolution of Javan Homo erectus 46 An Invited Perspective by Colin Groves 46 The Dating of the Javan Hominins 47 The Homo erectus Cranium 49 The Homo erectus Mandible 50 Homo erectus Teeth 50 Homo erectus Postcranial Material 51 Evolution within Javan Homo erectus 52 The Philippines, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara: Pleistocene Mammals and Stratigraphy 53 The Philippines 54 Sulawesi 54 Flores and Nusa Tenggara 55 Homo floresiensis (and Homo erectus?) in Flores 58 The Enigma of Homo floresiensis 60 An Invited Perspective by Debbie Argue 60 The Homo floresiensis Controversy 62 Was Homo floresiensis a Dwarfed Homo erectus? 64 Was Homo floresiensis Descended from a Separate Early Hominin Lineage? 64 Cultural Evidence Related to Homo erectus and Homo floresiensis 65 Java and the Tools of Homo erectus 67 Flores and the Tools of Homo floresiensis 71 Retrospect 74 Notes 75 References 76 4 The Biological History of Homo sapiens in Island Southeast Asia 86 The First Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia 89 Early to Middle Holocene Skeletal Data from Island Southeast Asia 93 The Biological Arrival of an Asian Neolithic Population in Island Southeast Asia 94 The Significance of Skin Pigmentation in Equatorial Latitudes 97 The Biological History of Southeast Asian Populations from Late Pleistocene and Holocene Cemetery Data 98 An Invited Perspective by Hirofumi Matsumura, Marc Oxenham, Truman Simanjuntak, and Mariko Yamagata 98 Craniometric Analysis 99 Early Indigenous Hunter]gatherers 99 Neolithic Dispersal in Mainland Southeast Asia 103 Neolithic Dispersal in Island Southeast Asia 104 Conclusions 106 The Genetic History of Human Populations in Island Southeast Asia During the Late Pleistocene and Holocene 107 An Invited Perspective by Murray Cox 107 The Population History of Island Southeast Asia 117 Notes 119 References 120 5 Late Paleolithic Archaeology in Island Southeast Asia 131 Mainland Southeast Asia, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra: The Hoabinhian and Its Successors 134 Hoabinhian into Para]Neolithic in Mainland Southeast Asia 134 The Hoabinhian of Sumatra 138 Beyond Sumatra – the Late Palaeolithic in the Islands of Southeast Asia 139 The Niah Caves, Sarawak 141 Eastern Sabah 143 Eastern and Central Kalimantan 147 Java 150 The Philippines 151 Sulawesi and the Talaud Islands 153 The Toalian of South Sulawesi – a Localized Revolution in Small Tool Technology 155 The Northern Moluccas 159 Eastern Nusa Tenggara and Timor]Leste 162 Changing Patterns in Hunting Across Island Southeast Asia Before the Neolithic 165 An Invited Perspective by Philip J. Piper 165 The Late Pleistocene (45–14 kya) 165 Terminal Pleistocene to Mid]Holocene (14–4.5 kya) 167 Some Final Thoughts on Homo sapiens and the Late Palaeolithic in Island Southeast Asia 170 Notes 171 References 172 6 The Early History of the Austronesian Language Family in Island Southeast Asia 181 What is a Language Family, and Why are Language Families Important? 185 An Introduction to Austronesian Linguistic History 187 The Linguistic History of Austronesian]speaking Communitiesin Island Southeast Asia 190 An Invited Perspective by Robert Blust 190 Further Questions of Austronesian Linguistic History 197 Before Taiwan: The Antecedents of Proto]Austronesian 197 How Did the Austronesian Languages Spread Initially throughout Island Southeast Asia? 200 Directionality and Relative Chronology in the Early Austronesian Migration Process 201 The Material Culture and Economy of the Early Austronesians 204 The Austronesian Diaspora: A Perspective from Indonesia 207 An Invited Perspective by Daud Aris Tanudirjo 207 A Brief History of Austronesian Studies in Indonesia 208 Austronesian Languages and National Identity 210 Notes 211 References 212 7 Neolithic Farmers and Sailors in Southern China, Taiwan, and the Philippines 218 The Origins of Rice Production in China 220 The Evolution of Neolithic Societies in China 226 Neolithic Movement into Southern China 228 The Out of Taiwan Hypothesis for Austronesian Dispersal into Island Southeast Asia 231 Neolithic Cultures in Southeast China, Taiwan, and Luzon 232 An Invited Perspective by Hsiao]chun Hung 232 Taiwan 234 Between Taiwan and Luzon 236 Ludao and Lanyu (Botel Tobago) 237 The Batanes Islands 237 Northern Luzon 239 Coastal Palaeo]landscapes of the Neolithic 240 An Invited Perspective by Mike T. Carson 240 Further Observations on Neolithic Cultures in Taiwan 244 The Neolithic of the Philippines 248 The Batanes Islands 250 The Cagayan Valley of Luzon 253 The Philippines beyond Cagayan 255 Southern China, Taiwan, and the Philippines – a Neolithic Assessment 256 Notes 257 References 259 8 The Neolithic of East Malaysia and Indonesia 267 The Western Neolithic Stream – Sarawak and Onwards 269 Java and Sumatra 274 The Eastern Neolithic Stream: Eastern Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Moluccas 276 Sabah: Bukit Tengkorak 281 Sulawesi 283 Fleshing Out the Neolithic Prehistory of Island Southeast Asia 287 Neolithic Food Production 288 Potential Phases of Neolithic Crop Production in Island Southeast Asia 289 Rice in Island Southeast Asian Prehistory, and Its Fading from Grace 293 Farmers Who Adopted Rainforest Hunting and Gathering 294 Domesticated Animals in the Island Southeast Asian Neolithic 297 An Invited Perspective by Philip J. Piper 297 Pigs and Dogs 297 Chickens 299 Bovidae 300 Domestic Animals in Cultural Context 300 Neolithic Fishing 301 Neolithic Translocations 301 Summing Up the Island Southeast Asian Neolithic 302 Notes 303 References 304 9 The Early Metal Age and Intercultural Connections in Island Southeast Asia 312 The Arrival of Metallurgy in Island Southeast Asia 314 “Indigenous” Early Metal Age Assemblages and Monuments in Island Southeast Asia 320 Stone Monuments and Carvings: Indonesia 320 Malayic Migration 324 Burial Grounds and Their Significance 326 Chamic Migration 329 Nephrite and Other Early Metal Age Exchange Networks across the South China Sea 333 An Invited Perspective by Hsiao]chun Hung 333 The Arrival of Indian Influence in Island Southeast Asia 335 After the Early Metal Age 338 Notes 338 References 339 10 Island Southeast Asian Prehistory: A Comparative Perspective 345 References 351 Index 352

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Book SynopsisPresents the fundamental concepts of signal processing for all application areas of ionizing radiation This book provides a clear understanding of the principles of signal processing of radiation detectors. It puts great emphasis on the characteristics of pulses from various types of detectors and offers a full overview on the basic concepts required to understand detector signal processing systems and pulse processing techniques. Signal Processing for Radiation Detectors covers all of the important aspects of signal processing, including energy spectroscopy, timing measurements, position-sensing, pulse-shape discrimination, and radiation intensity measurement. The book encompasses a wide range of applications so that readers from different disciplines can benefit from all of the information. In addition, this resource: Describes both analog and digital techniques of signal processingPresents a complete compilation of digital pulse processing algorithmsExtrapolates content from moreTable of ContentsPreface xiAcknowledgement xii1 Signal Generation in Radiation Detectors 1 1.1 Detector Types 1 1.2 Signal Induction Mechanism 2 1.3 Pulses from Ionization Detectors 9 1.4 Scintillation Detectors 57 References 72 2 Signals, Systems, Noise, and Interferences 77 2.1 Pulse Signals: Definitions 77 2.2 Operational Amplifiers and Feedback 80 2.3 Linear Signal Processing Systems 83 2.4 Noise and Interference 101 2.5 Signal Transmission 120 2.6 Logic Circuits 130 References 133 3 Preamplifiers 135 3.1 Background 135 3.2 Charge-Sensitive Preamplifiers 137 3.3 Current-Sensitive Preamplifiers 159 3.4 Voltage-Sensitive Preamplifiers 162 3.5 Noise in Preamplifier Systems 163 3.6 ASIC Preamplifiers 176 3.7 Preamplifiers for Scintillation Detectors 182 3.8 Detector Bias Supplies 186 References 187 4 Energy Measurement 191 4.1 Generals 191 4.2 Amplitude Fluctuations 194 4.3 Amplifier/Shaper 203 4.4 Pulse Amplitude Analysis 234 4.5 Dead Time 244 4.6 ASIC Pulse Processing Systems 249 References 256 5 Pulse Counting and Current Measurements 261 5.1 Background 261 5.2 Pulse Counting Systems 263 5.3 Current Mode Operation 274 5.4 ASIC Systems for Radiation Intensity Measurement 286 5.5 Campbell’s Mode Operation 289 References 293 6 Timing Measurements 295 6.1 Introduction 295 6.2 Time Pick-Off Techniques 300 6.3 Time Interval Measuring Devices 320 6.4 Timing Performance of Different Detectors 330 References 345 7 Position Sensing 349 7.1 Position Readout Concepts 349 7.2 Individual Readout 353 7.3 Charge Division Method 357 7.4 Risetime Method 373 7.5 Delay-Line Method 375 References 380 8 Pulse-Shape Discrimination 383 8.1 Principles of Pulse-Shape Discrimination 383 8.2 Amplitude-Based Methods 386 8.3 Zero-Crossing Method 393 8.4 Risetime Measurement Method 399 8.5 Comparison of Pulse-Shape Discrimination Methods 401 References 404 9 Introduction to Digital Signals and Systems 407 9.1 Background 407 9.2 Digital Signals 408 9.3 ADCs 414 9.4 Digital Signal Processing 418 References 438 10 Digital Radiation Measurement Systems 441 10.1 Digital Systems 441 10.2 Energy Spectroscopy Applications 448 10.3 Pulse Timing Applications 472 10.4 Digital Pulse-Shape Discrimination 483 References 498 Index 503

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Book SynopsisFossils and Strata is an international series of monographs and memoirs in palaeontology and biostratigraphy, owned by, and published on behalf of, The Lethaia Foundation in cooperation between the Scandinavian countries. Fossils and Strata forms part of the same structured publishing programme as the international journal Lethaia and provides a complementary outlet for more comprehensive systematic and regional monographs, including taxonomic descriptions. Fossils and Strata also offers the publication of thematic special issues comprising a series of shorter contributions.Table of ContentsPresent Work 6 Definitions of Stages and Substages 6 Biochronology: The Unitary Association Method and Terminology 7 References 7

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Book SynopsisAs the world's energy sources continue to develop, with less reliance on traditional fossil fuels and more reliance on cleaner, more efficient, alternative energy sources, nuclear power continues to be a dividing point for many people. Some believe it is the answer to our energy problems for the future, while others warn of the risks. Written by a retired scientist who spent most of his career at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), this book aims to delve into the issues surrounding nuclear power and dispel its myths, while building an argument for why the United States should develop a nuclear power plan for the future. As a whistleblower, the author spent much of the last ten years of his career at the INL raising concerns about how its mission of serving as the Department of Energy's lead laboratory in radioactive waste management was not being properly managed. While the United States continues to tread water on the issue of nuclear energy, the author believes thatTable of ContentsIntroduction ix 1 Africa’s Especially Special Issues 1 2 Why Everything Boils Down to Energy Inputs 7 2.1 How Much Clean Sustainable Energy Will Our Descendants Need? 13 2.2 This Book’s Technological Fix’s Specifics 19 2.3 The Reasons Why Politically Correct Renewables Couldn’t Save the World 20 2.3.1 Which Food Crops Should Our Descendants Raise and How Much Land Would That Take? 24 2.3.2 The Whys and Costs of Desalination 26 2.3.3 Fertilizers 29 2.3.3.1 Nitrogen and the Cost of Fixing Enough of it to Feed Everyone 29 2.3.3.2 The Reasons Why Powdered Basalt Should Supply the Phosphorous and Potassium Required to Feed Everyone 30 3 A Sustainable Nuclear Renaissance’s Other “Killer Apps” 35 3.1 Atmospheric Carbon Sequestration 35 3.2 Nuclear Powered Transportation 40 3.2.1 Direct Electrical 40 3.2.2 Nuclear Powered Transportation Fuel Synthesis 42 3.2.3 “The Age of Substitutability” 47 3.2.4 Additional Apps 50 4 Why Sustainability Requires Breeder Reactors 51 5 Today’s More Promising Breeder Reactor Concepts 59 5.1 Heavy Water Thorium Breeders 59 5.2 Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactors (LMFBRs) 60 5.3 Molten Salt Reactors 62 5.3.1 MSFR 64 5.3.2 MCFR 66 5.3.3 MOLTEX 72 5.3.4 Tube in Shell Thorium Breeder 75 5.3.5 LFTR (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor) 77 5.3.6 THORCON and IMSR 79 5.3.7 The Whys, Hows, and History of Sustainable Reactors 81 6 Economics: The Main Reason that the USA’s Nuclear Power Industry is Now on the Ropes 87 6.1 Generic Reactor Build Costs 100 6.2 Sustainable Reactor Build Costs 101 6.2.1 Materials 103 6.2.1.1 Concrete, Steel, etc. 103 6.2.1.2 Other Metals 105 6.2.1.3 Isotopically Pure Salts 106 6.2.1.4 Other Materials 107 6.2.1.5 Startup Fissile 107 6.3 Waste Management Costs 111 6.3.1 Waste Treatment 112 6.3.2 Waste Disposal 112 6.4 How Do We Pay for It? 116 7 The Nuclear Establishment’s Self-Inflicted Wounds 119 7.1 Refusal to Choose/Set Rational Goals 123 7.1.1 NGNP 124 7.1.2 DOE’s Savannah River Site’s MOX Boondoggling 126 7.1.3 DOE Hanford’s Reprocessing Waste Treatment Project’s Boondoggling 127 7.1.4 DOE’s “Lead Nuclear Engineering Lab’s” Radwaste Boondoggling 132 7.2 Fukushima’s “Nuclear Disaster” 137 7.3 The Nuclear Industry’s LNT-Based Radiation Dose Assumptions 141 7.4 ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) 143 7.5 Over Blown Proliferation Concerns 145 8 “The Damned Human Race” [196] 147 8.1 Greed 149 8.2 Tribalism 150 8.3 Gullibility 153 8.4 Laziness 155 8.5 Deviousness 156 8.6 Bullheadedness 157 8.6.1 Anti Nuclear “Environmentalists” 157 8.6.2 Hyper Secrecy 158 8.6.3 My Own Bullheadedness 160 8.7 Bullheadedness’ Consequences 160 8.7.1 INEL’s Calciner’s Off Gas “Opacity Issue” 160 8.7.2 Argonne Idaho’s IFR Waste Management Scheme 162 8.7.3 DOE’s Radwaste Classification System 164 9 Why the Western World’s Erstwhile Leader in Nuclear Energy Must “Embrace Change” 165 10 Suggestions for Improvement 179 11 Conclusions 185 References 193 Appendix I: Reprocessing 213 Appendix II: MSFR Isobreeder Fuel Salt Reprocessing 223 Appendix III: More Opinions about TERRAPOWER’s Reactor Concepts 225 Appendix IV: Example Additive Molar Volume Calculation 229 Appendix V: QBasic Startup Fissile Program 231 Appendix VI: A More Realistic Tube-In-Shell Thorium Breeder Reactor Startup Scenario 233 Appendix VII: Letter Sent to INEEL’s Director Circa 2001 (After “Separations” & Before “Steam Reforming” was the Site’s “Preferred Alternative”) 235 Appendix VIII: Letter Sent to Two of DOE’s Inspector General’s Lawyers Just after My Job Had Been Downsized for the Last Time 241 Appendix IX: Suggestions for Improving INL Reprocessing Waste Management 247 Appendix X: Greater Confinement Disposal 253 Appendix XI: How « hot » Are DOE’s High Level Wastes? 259 Appendix XII: How the Nuclear Industry’s «experts» Sometimes Mislead Us 261 Appendix XIII: Example of a Promising Concept that Needs Experimental Verification as Soon as Possible 265 Appendix XIV: INL’s Steam Reforming Process 269 Index 279

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Book SynopsisINVESTIGATING FOSSILS INVESTIGATING FOSSILSA HISTORY OF PALAEONTOLOGYInvestigating Fossils A History of Palaeontology is a concise and accessible look at changing attitudes to palaeontology in general, and fossils in particular. From the existential and philosophical debates arising from fossils such as their implications for the age of the Earth to their role as markers in Darwin's theory of evolution, fossils have been the centre of highly charged debate for over two centuries.This book, which is aimed at anyone with an interest in the history and philosophy of science, not only describes the process of fossil formation and the history of the discovery of fossils. It goes further, and highlights the continuing importance of fossils to our ever-developing understanding of where the planet and its myriad species have come from.Painting a vivid, lively portrait of the history and development of palaeontology, Investigating Fossils is a fascTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii People in the text viii Introduction 1 1 How are Fossils Formed? 10 2 Descriptions and Uses of Fossils 25 3 The Unfolding Understanding of Fossils 48 4 Reconstructing Animals from Fossils 81 5 How Fossils Changed Ideas Associated with Species 118 6 Fossils and Evolution 137 7 Fossil Collecting 172 8 The Rise of Fossil Fraud and Special Sites 193 Index 217

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Book SynopsisSetting Foundations.- Afro-Eurasian mammalian fauna and early hominin dispersals.- Resource-rich, stone-poor: Early hominin land use in large river systems of northern India and Pakistan.- Toward developing a basin model for Paleolithic settlement of the Indian subcontinent: Geodynamics, monsoon dynamics, habitat diversity and dispersal routes.- The Acheulean of peninsular India with special reference to the Hungsi and Baichbal valleys of the lower Deccan.- Changing trends in the study of a Paleolithic site in India: A century of research at Attirampakkam.- Was Homo heidelbergensis in South Asia? A test using the Narmada fossil from central India.- The Modern Scene.- The Toba supervolcanic eruption: Tephra-fall deposits in India and paleoanthropological implications.- The emergence of modern human behavior in South Asia: A review of the current evidence and discussion of its possible implications.- Genetic evidence on modern human dispersals in South Asia: Y chromosome and mitochondriaTrade ReviewFrom the reviews: "The volume is divided into four sections following a Preface, a List of Contributors, and a stunning introductory essay by the editors … . congratulations to Drs. Petraglia and Allchin for organizing a successful conference and serving as generous hosts to its participants. I intend to use this volume in a seminar I offer to undergraduate and graduate students at my university, ‘Paleoanthropology of South Asia.’ What a pleasure it will be to introduce this remarkable volume to them and to my colleagues." Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Issue 15, 2008 "It is unusually good, informative and cohesive for a conference proceedings. Given the exhaustive references and sound conclusions of the many high quality chapters, this book rightfully shall become indispensable to the small, hardy band of specialists in the biohistory of South Asia." Robert S. Corruccini, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Vol. 18, 2008 “The most important contribution this volume makes is that the South Asian paleoanthropological and cultural evidence is highlighted through a relatively new and well-known international publishing series. It also introduces diverse lines of research to be pursued and will hopefully encourage and stimulate new methodological approaches and fresh interpretations of human evolutionary scenarios in a unique region of Asia.” Parth R. Chauhan, PaleoAnthropology 2010Table of Contents1. Human Evolution and Culture Change in the Indian Subcontinent Michael D. Petraglia and Bridget Allchin Part I. Setting Foundations 2. Afro-Eurasian Mammalian Fauna and Early Hominin Dispersals Alan Turner and Hannah J. O’Regan 3. 'Resource-Rich, Stone Poor': Early Hominin Land Use in Large River Systems of Northern India and Pakistan Robin Dennell 4. Toward Developing a Basin Model for Paleolithic Settlement of the Indian Subcontinent: Geodynamics, Monsoon Dynamics, Habitat Diversity and Dispersal Routes. Ravi Korisettar 5. The Acheulean of Peninsular India with Special Reference to the Hunsgi and Baichbal Valleys of the Lower Deccan K. Paddayya 6. Changing Trends in the Study of a Paleolithic Site in India: A Century of Research at Attirampakkam Shanti Pappu 7. Was Homo heidelbergensis in South Asia? A test using the Narmada fossil from Central India Sheela Athreya Part II. The Modern Scene 8. The Toba Supervolcanic Eruption: Tephra-Fall Deposits in India and Paleoanthropological Implications Sacha C. Jones 9. The Emergence of Modern Human Behavior in South Asia: A Review of the Current Evidence and Discussion of its Possible Implications Hannah V.A. James 10. Genetic evidence on modern human dispersals in South Asia: Y Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA perspectives: The World through the eyes of two haploid genome. Phillip Endicott, Mait Metspalu and Toomas Kivisild 11. Crania diversity in South Asia relative to modern human dispersals and global patterns of human variation Jay T. Stock, Marta Mirazón Lahr and Samanti Kulatilake Part III. New Worlds in the Holocene 12. Interpreting Biological Diversity in South Asian Prehistory: Early Holocene Population Affinities and Subsistence Adaptations John R. Lukacs 13. Population Movements in the Indian Subcontinent during the Protohistoric Period: Physical Anthropological Assessment S.R. Walimbe 14. Foragers and Forager-Traders in South Asian Worlds: Some Thoughts from the Last 10,000 Years Kathleen D. Morrison 15. Anthropological, Historical, Archaeological and Genetic Perspectives on the Origins of Caste in South Asia Nicole L. Boivin 16. Language Families and Quantitative Methods in South Asia and Elsewhere April McMahon and Robert McMahon 17. Duality in Bos indicus mtDNA Diversity: Support for Geographical Complexity in Zebu Domestication David A. Magee, Hideyuki Mannen, Daniel G. Bradley 18. Non-Human Genetics, Agricultural Origins and Historical Linguistics in South Asia Dorian Q. Fuller Part IV. Concluding Remarks 19. Thoughts on The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia Gregory L. Possehl

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Book SynopsisPerspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, sociology, economics, and political science to reveal the complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of humanity. Presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins and development of the eight nations comprising modern South Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka Explores South Asia's common cultures, languages and religions and their relationship to its ethnic and national differences Features essays that provide understandings of the central dynamics of South Asia as an important cultural, political, and economic region of the world Trade Review"Dense with information and thoughtfully organized and presented, this reader provides students with a thorough overview of the study of the region, as well as in-depth examples of its culture, society, economics, and daily life." (Book News, 1 August 2011)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Acknowledgment of Sources. Introduction: Reconceptualizing Nation and Region in Modern South Asia (Kamala Visweswaran). Part I Debates about Origins: Pre/Modern Religious Pluralities in South Asia. Introduction. 1 Beyond Ethnicity? Being Hindu and Muslim in South Asia (Shail Mayaram). 2 Towards a Composite Reading of South Asian Religious Cultures: The Case of Islam (Syed Akbar Hyder). 3 Tolerant Hinduism: Shared Ritual Spaces – Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid (Vasudha Narayanan). 4 Hindu Gods and Us: Our Goddesses and the Hindus (Kancha Iliah). Part II The Study of South Asian Society and the Emergence of Modern Forms of Social Classification. Introduction. 5 Notes on the History of the Study of Indian Society and Culture (Bernard Cohn). 6 A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization (M. N. Srinivas). 7 What’s in a Name? Aryans and Dravidians in the Making of Sri Lankan Identities (Arjun Guneratne). 8 Politics of Ethnicity in India and Pakistan (Hamza Alavi). 9 Ethnicity, Caste and a Pluralist Society (Rajendra Pradhan). Part III Partition, Nationalism, and the Formation of South Asian National States. Introduction. 10 Abducted Women, the State and Questions of Honour: Three Perspectives on the Recovery Operation in Post-Partition India (Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin). 11 Identity, Violence and Women: A Reflection on the Partition of India 1947 (Nighat Said Khan). 12 The Quest for National Identity: Women, Islam and the State in Bangladesh (Naila Kabeer). 13 Nationalist Agendas and Women's Rights: Conflicts in Afghanistan in the Twentieth Century (Valentine M. Moghadam). 14 The State and National Foundation in the Maldives (Rizwan A. Ahmad). Part IV States and Communal Conflict in South Asia. Introduction. 15 Reflections on Communal Violence in South Asia (Stanley J. Tambiah). 16 Ayodhya: The Modernity of Hinduism (Pankaj Mishra). 17 Identity on the Borderline: Modernity, New Ethnicities, and the Unmaking of Multiculturalism in Sri Lanka (Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake). 18 War, Factionalism, and the State in Afghanistan (Nazif M. Shahrani). Part V Development and Liberalization. Introduction. 19 Development Regimes in South Asia: History and the Governance Conundrum (David Ludden). 20 Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms (Amartya Sen). 21 Who Are the Country’s Poor? Social Movement Politics and Dalit Poverty (Gopal Guru and Anuradha Chakravarty). 22 Politics of the Poor? NGOs and Grass-roots Political Mobilization in Bangladesh (Lamia Karim). 23 The Politics of 'Developing Nepali Women' (Seira Tamang). 24 "ity of Whores": Nationalism, Development, and Global Garment Workers in Sri Lanka (Sandya Hewamanne). 25 Indo-Bhutan Relations Recent Trends (Tashi Choden). Part VI Social Movements. Introduction. 26 From Chipko to Sati: The Contemporary Indian Women's Movement (Radha Kumar). 27 Women's Movement in Pakistan: State, Class, Gender (Shahnaz Rouse). 28 Monsoon Risings: Mega-Dam Resistance in the Narmada Valley (Chittaroopa Palit). 29 Where There Are No Men: Women in the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal (Shobha Gautam, Amrita Banskota and Rita Manchanda). 30 Developing the Anti-Nuclear Movement (Achin Vanaik). 31 Pakistan's Fateful Nuclear Option (Zia Mian). Index.

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Book SynopsisDesert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives provides an issues-oriented overview of hunter-gatherer societies in desert landscapes that combines archaeological and anthropological perspectives and includes a wide range of regional and thematic case studies. Brings together, for the first time, studies from deserts as diverse as the sand dunes of Australia, the U.S. Great Basin, the coastal and high altitude deserts of South America, and the core deserts of Africa Examines the key concepts vital to understanding human adaptation to marginal landscapes and the behavioral and belief systems that underpin them Explores the relationship among desert hunter-gatherers, herders, and pastoralists Trade Review“This is an up-to-date and theoretically broad-ranging comparative treatment of desert hunter-gatherer archaeology and ethnology that introduces a new, fresh generation of scholars and issues. Bravo!” Richard Gould, Brown University “Desert Peoples shows how important the world’s arid habitats have always been during the course of human evolution. The geographical scope of the contributions is breathtaking, their comparative approach to dynamics and interactions compelling. I congratulate the editors for making the desert bloom for human prehistory.” Clive Gamble, Royal Holloway, University of London “A superb synthesis…. The authors use the opportunity to set out several probing questions that will underpin future research on how societies adapt to challenging environments.” John Dodson, Brunel University and University of Western Australia "Competent, well-written summaries of local culture history...several of the essays merit serious attention from readers of this journal." Archaeology in Oceania "In this era of regional and topical specialisation, which often leads to perochialism, the editors of this book can take great satisfaction in having provided a venue for looking at the big picture." Australian Archaeology "Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives is an essential source for those interested in hunting-gathering lifeways." Laurie Milne, Canadian Journal of ArchaeologyTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. 1. Global Deserts in Perspective: Mike Smith, Peter Veth, Peter Hiscock and Lynley A. Wallis (National Museum of Australia; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; The Australian National University; The Australian National University). Part I: Frameworks:. 2. Theoretical Shifts in the Anthropology of Desert Hunter-Gatherers: Thomas Widlok (University of Heidelberg). 3. Pleistocene Settlement of Deserts from an Australian Perspective: Peter Hiscock and Lynley A. Wallis (both at The Australian National University). 4. Arid Paradises of Dangerous Landscapes: A Review of Explanations for Paleolithic Assemblage Change in Arid Australia and Africa: Peter Hiscock and Sue O’Connor (both at The Australian National University). Part II: Dynamics:. 5. Evolutionary and Ecological Understandings of the Economics of Desert Societies: Comparing the Great Basin USA and the Australian Deserts: Douglas W. Bird and Rebecca Bliege Bird (both at University of Maine). 6. Cycles of Aridity and Human Mobility: Risk Minimization amongst Late Pleistocene Foragers of the Western Desert, Australia: Peter Veth (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies). 7. Archaic Faces to Head-Dresses: The Changing Role of Rock Art across the Arid Zone: Jo McDonald (Jo McDonald Cultural Heritage Management Pty Ltd). 8. The Archaeology of the Patagonia Deserts: Hunter-Gatherers in a Cold Desert: Luis Alberto Borrero (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas and the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Part III: Interactions:. 9. Perspectives on Later Stone Age Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology in Arid Southern Africa: Anne I. Thackeray (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa). 10. Long Term Transitions in Hunter-Gatherers of Coastal Northwest Australia: Kathryn Przywolnik (Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW), Sydney, Australia). 11. Hunter-Gatherers and Herders of the Kalahari during the Late Holocene: Karim Sadr (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa). 12. Desert Archaeology, Linguistic Stratigraphy, and the Spread of the Western Desert Language: Mike Smith (National Museum of Australia). 13. People of the Coastal Atacama Desert: Living between Sand Dunes and Waves of the Pacific Ocean: Calogera M. Santoro, Bernardo T. Arriaza, Vivien G. Standen, and Pablo A. Marquet (Universidad de Tarapacá Arica, Chile; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Universidad de Tarapacá Arica, Chile; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago). 14. Desert Solitude: The Evolution of Ideologies amongst Pastoralists and Hunter-Gatherers in Arid North Africa: Andrew B. Smith (University of Capetown, Rondebosch, South Africa). 15. Hunter-Gatherer Interactions with Sheep and Cattle Pastoralists from the Australian Arid Zone: Alistair Paterson (University of Western Australia). 16. Conclusion: Major Themes and Future Research Directions: Peter Veth (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies). General Index. Index of Archaelogical Features and Subjects

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Book Synopsis* The first historical assessment of a critical period in archaeology * Takes as its focus the so-called English landscape tradition -- the ideological underpinnings of which come from English Romanticism, via the influence of the father of landscape history: W.G.Trade Review"I have always found Johnson’s work … extremely inviting, engaging and thoughtful. Ideas of Landscape is no exception." (Cambridge Archaeological Journal, October 2008) “One might suggest that in this excellent work, Johnson has written an archaeology of knowledge concerning landscape studies. A glossary and illustrations add meaningfully to a work of much industry … Highly recommended.” (Choice) “Ideas of Landscape is a towering contribution--shall we say, a high vantage point from which one can survey a scholarly landscape?” (Canadian Journal of Archaeology) Table of ContentsList of Figures. Acknowledgements. The Argument. Preface: Thinking about Swaledale. 1. Introduction. 2. Lonely as a Cloud. 3. A Good Pair of Boots. 4. The Loss of Innocence. 5. Landscape Archaeology Today. 6. The Politics of Landscape. 7. Conclusion. Glossary. References. Index

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Book Synopsis* The first historical assessment of a critical period in archaeology * Takes as its focus the so-called English landscape tradition -- the ideological underpinnings of which come from English Romanticism, via the influence of the father of landscape history: W.G.Trade Review"I read Matthew Johnson's Ideas of Landscape (Blackwell) with intense interest. It discusses the theory and practice of landscape archaeology and the Romantic English landscape tradition, boldly taking on received opinion about figures such as Wordsworth and WG Hoskins, and making us think hard about what we can know about the past, why we want to know it, and how we may be misled about it. It's an original, informative, and well-argued work, accessible to the general reader, and both worrying and illuminating." —Margaret Drabble, Times Literary Supplement “One might suggest that in this excellent work, Johnson has written an archaeology of knowledge concerning landscape studies. A glossary and illustrations add meaningfully to a work of much industry … Highly recommended.” (Choice) "Ideas of Landscape is a challenging and accessible contribution to an expanding theoretical and historical field. Mobilizing the English topographical tradition of scholarship, centred on the writings of W.G. Hoskins, the book positions a critical understanding of landscape, as both cultural representation and physical reality, at the centre of the study of the past and its meanings in the present." —Stephen Daniels, Professor of Cultural Geography, University of Nottingham "Matthew Johnson writes an archaeology of knowledge for landscape studies. He enables us to know what to study next by knowing how the field was formed and the mistakes its practitioners made. Both a deconstruction and a forecast, Johnson's volume ranks with the new books on race by Orser, on colonialism by Schrire, and with his own foundational An Archaeology of Capitalism. With these books historical archaeology is mature." —Mark P. Leone, Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland “Ideas of Landscape is a towering contribution--shall we say, a high vantage point from which one can survey a scholarly landscape?” (Canadian Journal of Archaeology) "I have always found Johnson's work … Extremely inviting, engaging and thoughtful. Ideas of Landscape is no exception. The scope of his scholarship is impressive and he has a knack for presenting it with flair, selecting colourful quotes and examples to illustrate points." (Cambridge Archaeological Journal, October 2008)Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Acknowledgements x The Argument xii Preface: Thinking About Swaledale xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. Lonely as a Cloud 18 3. A Good Pair of Boots 34 4. The Loss of Innocence 70 5. Landscape Archaeology Today 119 6. The Politics of Landscape 162 7. Conclusion 193 Glossary 203 References 206 Index 233

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Book SynopsisPsychological Anthropology: A Reader in Self in Culture presents a selection of readings from recent and classical literature with a rich diversity of insights into the individual and society. Presents the latest psychological research from a variety of global cultures Sheds new light on historical continuities in psychological anthropology Explores the cultural relativity of emotional experience and moral concepts among diverse peoples, the Freudian influence and recent psychoanalytic trends in anthropology Addresses childhood and the acquisition of culture, an ethnographic focus on the self as portrayed in ritual and healing, and how psychological anthropology illuminates social change Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Part I Constructing a Paradigm, 1917–55. Introduction – Invisible Pioneers: “Culture and Personality” Reconsidered. 1 The Polish Peasant in Europe and America (W. I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki). 2 The Psychology of Culture (Edward Sapir). 3 Culture and Experience (A. Irving Hallowell). Part II Emotion and Morality in Diverse Cultures. Introduction – Human Variations: A Population Perspective on Psychological Processes. 4 Emotions Have Many Faces: Inuit Lessons (Jean Briggs). 5 Moral Discourse and the Rhetoric of Emotion (Geoffrey M. White). 6 Kali’s Tongue (Usha Menon and Richard A. Shweder). 7 Shame and Guilt in Japan (Takie Lebra). 8 Introduction to Culture and Depression (Arthur Kleinman and Byron Good). Part III Psychoanalytic Explorations through Fieldwork. Introduction – After Freud: Dramas of the Psyche in Cultural Context. 9 Psychoanalytic Anthropology (Robert A. Paul). 10 Is the Oedipus Complex Universal? (Anne Parsons). 11 Kagwahiv Mourning I: Dreams of a Bereaved Father (Waud H. Kracke). 12 Kagwahiv Mourning II: Ghosts, Grief, and Reminiscences (Waud H. Kracke). Part IV Childhood: Internalizing Cultural Schemas. Introduction – Childhood Experience: The Role of Communication. 13 Cultural and Educational Variations in Maternal Responsiveness (Amy L. Richman, Patrice M. Miller, and Robert A. LeVine). 14 Self-Construction through Narrative Practices: A Chinese and American Comparison of Early Socialization (Peggy J. Miller, Heidi Fung, and Judith Mintz). 15 Parent–Child Communication Problems and the Perceived Inadequacies of Chinese Only Children (Vanessa L. Fong). Part V The Self in Everyday Life, Ritual, and Healing. Introduction – Cultural Narratives of Self: Strategies, Defenses, and Identities. 16 The Self in Daily Dramas (Thomas Gregor). 17 Sambia Nose-Bleeding Rites and Male Proximity to Women (Gilbert H. Herdt). 18 Cross-Cultural Differences in the Self (Douglas Hollan). 19 Clinical Paradigm Clashes (Joseph D. Calabrese). Part VI Psychosocial Processes in History and Social Transformation. Introduction – Culture Change: Psychosocial Processes in Social Transformation. 20 The Psychosocial Experience of Immigration (Carola Suárez-Orozco and Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco). 21 The Schooling of Women: Maternal Behavior and Child Environments (Robert A. LeVine and Sarah A. LeVine). 22 Revitalization Movements (Anthony F. C. Wallace). 23 Culture, Charisma, and Consciousness (Charles Lindholm). Index.

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Book SynopsisOffers debates and case studies in historical archaeology selected from around the world. This title explores how historical archaeologists think about their work, piecing together information from both material culture and documents in an attempt to understand the lives of the people and societies they study.Trade Review"This book should be essential reading (and reference) for any student of historical archaeology but even more than that it should be essential reading for all non-historical archaeology archaeologists so that they can understand what it is that we actually do!" (Australian Archaeology) "Historical Archaeology is a deservedly self-assured, forward-looking book that insightfully frames many contemporary issues in ways that will stimulate ongoing research and assist a generation of students to become contributors to the goal of developing a global historical archaeology. It should make its way to the top of your pile of things to read." (Northeast Historical Archaeology) "Reveals the discipline flourished with international growth, acquiring sophistication associated with the best works by archaeologists. This textbook is a major step … essential reading for students, teachers, and archaeologists worldwide." (American Antiquity)Table of ContentsList of Figures. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: Archaeology of the Modern World. (Martin Hall and Stephen W. Silliman). Part I: Dimensions of Practice. 2. Environments of History: Biological Dimensions of Historical Archaeology. (Stephen A. Mrozowski). 3. Material Culture and Text: Exploring the Spaces Within and Between. (Patricia Galloway). 4. The Place of Space: Architecture, Landscape, and Social Life. (Elizabeth P. Pauls). 5. Critical Archaeology: Politics Past and Present. (Matthew M. Palus , Mark P. Leone and Matthew D. Cochran). Part II: Themes in Interpretation. 6. Engendered Archaeology: Women, Men, and Others. (Barbara L. Voss). 7. Ideology and the Material Culture of Life and Death. (Heather Burke). 8. Struggling with Labor, Working with Identities. (Stephen W. Silliman). 9. Exploring the Institution: Reform, Confinement, Social Change. (Lu Ann De Cunzo). 10. A Class All Its Own: Explorations of Class Formation and Conflict. (LouAnn Wurst). Part III: World Systems and Local Living. 11. Conquistadors, Plantations, and Quilombo: Latin America in Historical Archaeological Context. Pedro Funari (DH/IFCH/Unicamp). 12. Gold, Black Ivory, and Houses of Stone: Historical Archaeology in Africa. (Innocent Pikirayi). 13. Becoming American: Small Things Remembered. (Diana DiPaolo Loren and Mary C. Beaudry). 14. Mission, Gold, Furs, and Manifest Destiny: Rethinking an Archaeology of Colonialism for Western North America. (Kent G. Lightfoot). 15. Pacific Encounters, or Beyond the Islands of History. (Jane Lydon). 16. The Tide Reversed: Prospects and Potentials for a Postcolonial Archaeology of Europe. (Matthew Johnson). Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume offers lively current debates and case studies in historical archaeology selected from around the world, including North America, Latin America, Africa, the Pacific, and Europe. Authored by 19 experts in the field.Trade Review"This book should be essential reading (and reference) for any student of historical archaeology but even more than that it should be essential reading for all non-historical archaeology archaeologists so that they can understand what it is that we actually do!" (Australian Archaeology) "Historical Archaeology is a deservedly self-assured, forward-looking book that insightfully frames many contemporary issues in ways that will stimulate ongoing research and assist a generation of students to become contributors to the goal of developing a global historical archaeology. It should make its way to the top of your pile of things to read." (Northeast Historical Archaeology) "Reveals the discipline flourished with international growth, acquiring sophistication associated with the best works by archaeologists. This textbook is a major step … essential reading for students, teachers, and archaeologists worldwide." (American Antiquity)Table of ContentsList of Figures. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: Archaeology of the Modern World. (Martin Hall and Stephen W. Silliman). Part I: Dimensions of Practice. 2. Environments of History: Biological Dimensions of Historical Archaeology. (Stephen A. Mrozowski). 3. Material Culture and Text: Exploring the Spaces Within and Between. (Patricia Galloway). 4. The Place of Space: Architecture, Landscape, and Social Life. (Elizabeth P. Pauls). 5. Critical Archaeology: Politics Past and Present. (Matthew M. Palus , Mark P. Leone and Matthew D. Cochran). Part II: Themes in Interpretation. 6. Engendered Archaeology: Women, Men, and Others. (Barbara L. Voss). 7. Ideology and the Material Culture of Life and Death. (Heather Burke). 8. Struggling with Labor, Working with Identities. (Stephen W. Silliman). 9. Exploring the Institution: Reform, Confinement, Social Change. (Lu Ann De Cunzo). 10. A Class All Its Own: Explorations of Class Formation and Conflict. (LouAnn Wurst). Part III: World Systems and Local Living. 11. Conquistadors, Plantations, and Quilombo: Latin America in Historical Archaeological Context. Pedro Funari (DH/IFCH/Unicamp). 12. Gold, Black Ivory, and Houses of Stone: Historical Archaeology in Africa. (Innocent Pikirayi). 13. Becoming American: Small Things Remembered. (Diana DiPaolo Loren and Mary C. Beaudry). 14. Mission, Gold, Furs, and Manifest Destiny: Rethinking an Archaeology of Colonialism for Western North America. (Kent G. Lightfoot). 15. Pacific Encounters, or Beyond the Islands of History. (Jane Lydon). 16. The Tide Reversed: Prospects and Potentials for a Postcolonial Archaeology of Europe. (Matthew Johnson). Index

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Book SynopsisEnvisioning the Past: Archaeology and the Image is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that brings together archaeologists, art historians and anthropologists to provide new perspectives on the construction of knowledge concerning the antiquity of man. Covers a wide variety of time periods and topics, from the Renaissance and the 18th century to the engravings, photography, and virtual realities of today Questions what we can learn from considering the use of images in the past and present that might guide our responsible use of them in the future Available within the prestigious New Interventions in Art History series, published in connection with the Association of Art Historians. Trade Review"I recommend this book to anyone interested in the relationship between archaeology and 'the image', and particularly point to the contributions by Glazier, Scott, Phillips and Arnold." Cultural Studies “Envisioning the Past dissects a range of visual reconstructions of antiquity to expose conventions so widely accepted that their distorting effect has become all but invisible. The reader undergoes a process of re-sensitization that is eye-opening in the most literal sense.” Arthur MacGregor, Ashmolean Museum, University of OxfordTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Introduction: The Image in Question: Stephanie Moser (University of Southampton) and Sam Smiles (University of Plymouth). 1 Romancing the Human: The Ideology of Envisioned Human Origins: Paul Privateer (Arizona State University). 2 “We Grew Up and Moved On”: Visitors to British Museums Consider Their “Cradle of Mankind”: Monique Scott (Yale University). 3 The American Time Machine: Indians and the Visualization of Ancient Europe: Stephanie Pratt (University of Plymouth). 4 “To Make the Dry Bones Live”: Amédée Forestier’s Glastonbury Lake Village: James E. Phillips (University of Southampton). 5 Unlearning the Images of Archaeology: Dana Arnold (University of Southampton). 6 Illustrating Ancient Rome, or the Ichnographia as Uchronia and other time warps in Piranesi’s Il Campo Marzio: Susan M. Dixon (University of Tulsa). 7 Thomas Guest and Paul Nash in Wiltshire: two episodes in the artistic approach to British antiquity: Sam Smiles (University of Plymouth). 8 A Different Way of Seeing? Toward a Visual Analysis of Archaeological Folklore: Darren Glazier (University of Southampton). 9 Photography and Archaeology: The Image as Object: Fred Bohrer (Hood College). 10 Wearing Juninho’s Shirt: Record and Negotiation in Excavation Photographs: Jonathan Bateman (University of Sheffield). 11 Video Killed Interpretative VR: Computer Visualisations on the TV Screen: Graeme P. Earl (University of Southampton). 12 The Real, the Virtually Real and the Hyperreal: The Role of VR in Archaeology: Mark Gillings (University of Leicester). Index

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Book SynopsisStretching across continents and centuries, The Origins of War: Violence in Prehistory provides a fascinating examination of executions, torture, ritual sacrifices, and other acts of violence committed in the prehistoric world. Written as an accessible guide to the nature of life in prehistory and to the underpinnings of human violence. Combines symbolic interpretations of archaeological remains with a medical understanding of violent acts. Written by an eminent prehistorian and a respected medical doctor. Trade Review“‘Nasty, brutish, and short’ was how Hobbes characterized human life in a state of nature, but for the last thirty years prehistorians have largely contrived to forget the nasty side. This lively and authoritative volume goes a long way to redressing the balance, giving a superb overview of the more aggressive side of life in early Europe.” Andrew Sherratt, University of Oxford “There are few more intriguing yet disturbing subjects than the origins of human violence. This richly detailed account provides dramatic insights into a distant and often violent world, but one that is only too familiar in its contemporary relevance. Essential reading for all who are interested in the human past.” Chris Scarre, University of Cambridge "An intriguing and convincing account of violence and conflict in deep antiquity ... The authors have successfully produced a stimulating and thought provoking text." Archaeology IrelandTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Introduction:. Bloodshed at the Beginning of History. War: An Ongoing Feature of Literature and Religion. Archaeology: Tracking Down History. War in Prehistory: From the Garrigues of Languedoc to the Temples of Malta. Corsica: Conquered and Re-conquered. Violence and Aggression Prior to Mankind. Warfare: Nature or Culture?. Exchange or Battle?. Was There a Palaeolithic “War”?. Ritual Warfare and War between “Great Men”. Prehistoric Man: Neither Violent Brute nor Innocent Lamb. The Issue of Sacrifice. Is Prehistoric Violence “Readable”?. 2. Violence in Hunter-gatherer Society:. Neanderthal Man and Cannibalism. Prehistoric Cannibalism. Suspicious Disappearances in Charente (France). Cain’s Predecessors. Violence in the Artwork of the Quaternary Era. Sicily: Torture in 10,000 BC?. From the Throwing Stick to the Bow and Arrow. The First Bows. Conflict in Sudan. Coveted Land. Conflict during the Mesolithic. The Enemy: Mutilated and Tortured. 3. Agriculture: A Calming or Aggravating Influence?:. The Neolithic in Europe: A Peaceful or Dangerous Conquest?. The Talheim Massacre. Disturbances during the Neolithic. Fontbregoua (France): Another Case of Cannibalism?. Cannibalistic Farmers?. Neolithic Art, the Medium of Violence?. Battle Scenes in the Sierras of the Spanish Levant. Injuries and Capital Executions. Causes for Quarrel. Hunters and/or Farmers in Confrontation. The Strong and the Weak. 4. Humans as Targets: 4,000-8,000 Years Ago:. The Contrasting Geography of Violence. A Progressive Intensification of Conflict?. War upon the Plateaus of Southern France?. The Difficulties of Making an Assessment. Effective Weapons of Death. Injury and Trepanation. Did Collective Burial Sites Sometimes Serve as Communal Graves?. Lessons from the San Juan Ante Portam Latinam Burial Site (Alava, Spain). Ballistic Accuracy. 5. The Warrior: An Ideological Construction:. The Importance of the Male. Accompanying a Man in Death. A Full Quiver: For Hunting, for Fighting or for Show. Arrows and Jewels: Masculine/Feminine. Menhir Statues: The First Armed Steles. From Mount Bego to the Italian Alps. Masculinity/Femininity: Reversing the Symbols. Open Villages and Fortified Settlements. Proto-Warriors of the West. 6. The Concept of the Hero Emerges:. Weapons and Their Significance. The Warrior Becomes a Feature of Barbarian Europe. The Sword: King of Weapons. Ramparts, Forts and Citadels. The Orient: Chariots in Battle. The Development of a Cavalry. Tracing the Footsteps of Heroes. Steles: Marking Combatants for Posterity. Multiple Sacrifices. Mutilated Bodies Preserved in Peat Bogs. Conclusions. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Works by Jean Guilaine. Index

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Book SynopsisStretching across continents and centuries, The Origins of War: Violence in Prehistory provides a fascinating examination of executions, torture, ritual sacrifices, and other acts of violence committed in the prehistoric world. Written as an accessible guide to the nature of life in prehistory and to the underpinnings of human violence. Combines symbolic interpretations of archaeological remains with a medical understanding of violent acts. Written by an eminent prehistorian and a respected medical doctor. Trade Review“‘Nasty, brutish, and short’ was how Hobbes characterized human life in a state of nature, but for the last thirty years prehistorians have largely contrived to forget the nasty side. This lively and authoritative volume goes a long way to redressing the balance, giving a superb overview of the more aggressive side of life in early Europe.” Andrew Sherratt, University of Oxford “There are few more intriguing yet disturbing subjects than the origins of human violence. This richly detailed account provides dramatic insights into a distant and often violent world, but one that is only too familiar in its contemporary relevance. Essential reading for all who are interested in the human past.” Chris Scarre, University of Cambridge "An intriguing and convincing account of violence and conflict in deep antiquity ... The authors have successfully produced a stimulating and thought provoking text." Archaeology IrelandTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Introduction:. Bloodshed at the Beginning of History. War: An Ongoing Feature of Literature and Religion. Archaeology: Tracking Down History. War in Prehistory: From the Garrigues of Languedoc to the Temples of Malta. Corsica: Conquered and Re-conquered. Violence and Aggression Prior to Mankind. Warfare: Nature or Culture?. Exchange or Battle?. Was There a Palaeolithic “War”?. Ritual Warfare and War between “Great Men”. Prehistoric Man: Neither Violent Brute nor Innocent Lamb. The Issue of Sacrifice. Is Prehistoric Violence “Readable”?. 2. Violence in Hunter-gatherer Society:. Neanderthal Man and Cannibalism. Prehistoric Cannibalism. Suspicious Disappearances in Charente (France). Cain’s Predecessors. Violence in the Artwork of the Quaternary Era. Sicily: Torture in 10,000 BC?. From the Throwing Stick to the Bow and Arrow. The First Bows. Conflict in Sudan. Coveted Land. Conflict during the Mesolithic. The Enemy: Mutilated and Tortured. 3. Agriculture: A Calming or Aggravating Influence?:. The Neolithic in Europe: A Peaceful or Dangerous Conquest?. The Talheim Massacre. Disturbances during the Neolithic. Fontbregoua (France): Another Case of Cannibalism?. Cannibalistic Farmers?. Neolithic Art, the Medium of Violence?. Battle Scenes in the Sierras of the Spanish Levant. Injuries and Capital Executions. Causes for Quarrel. Hunters and/or Farmers in Confrontation. The Strong and the Weak. 4. Humans as Targets: 4,000-8,000 Years Ago:. The Contrasting Geography of Violence. A Progressive Intensification of Conflict?. War upon the Plateaus of Southern France?. The Difficulties of Making an Assessment. Effective Weapons of Death. Injury and Trepanation. Did Collective Burial Sites Sometimes Serve as Communal Graves?. Lessons from the San Juan Ante Portam Latinam Burial Site (Alava, Spain). Ballistic Accuracy. 5. The Warrior: An Ideological Construction:. The Importance of the Male. Accompanying a Man in Death. A Full Quiver: For Hunting, for Fighting or for Show. Arrows and Jewels: Masculine/Feminine. Menhir Statues: The First Armed Steles. From Mount Bego to the Italian Alps. Masculinity/Femininity: Reversing the Symbols. Open Villages and Fortified Settlements. Proto-Warriors of the West. 6. The Concept of the Hero Emerges:. Weapons and Their Significance. The Warrior Becomes a Feature of Barbarian Europe. The Sword: King of Weapons. Ramparts, Forts and Citadels. The Orient: Chariots in Battle. The Development of a Cavalry. Tracing the Footsteps of Heroes. Steles: Marking Combatants for Posterity. Multiple Sacrifices. Mutilated Bodies Preserved in Peat Bogs. Conclusions. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Works by Jean Guilaine. Index

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Book SynopsisThe Companion to Social Archaeology is the first scholarly work to explore the encounter of social theory and archaeology over the past two decades.Trade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year "In this archaeological pilgrimage A Companion to Social Archaeology has been a well-met companion on the road." Australian ArchaeologyTable of ContentsList of Figures. Notes on Contributors. Part I: Knowledges:. 1. The “Social” in Archaeological Theory: An Historical and Contemporary Perspective: Ian Hodder (Standford University). 2. Cross-Cultural Comparison and Archaeological Theory: Bruce G. Trigger (McGill University). 3. Social Archaeology and Marxist Social Thought: Thomas C. Patterson (University of California, Riverside). 4. Embodied Subjectivity: Gender, Femininity, Masculinity, Sexuality: Rosemary A. Joyce (University of California, Berkeley). 5. Social Archaeology and Origins Research: A Paleolithic Perspective: Clive Gamble and Erica Gittins (Both at the University of Southampton). Part II: Identities:. 6. Archaeology and the Life Course: A Time and Age for Gender: Roberta Gilchrist (University of Reading). 7. The Past and Foreign Countries: Colonial and Post-Colonial Archaeology and Anthropology: Chris Gosden (Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford). 8. Material Culture: Current Problems: Victor Buchli (University College, London). 9. Ideology, Power, and Capitalism: The Historical Archaeology of Consumption: Paul R. Mullins (Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis). Part III: Places:. 10. Space, Spatiality, and Archaeology: Emma Blake (Stanford University). 11. Social Archaeologies of Landscape: Wendy Ashmore (University of California, Riverside). 12. Living and Working at Home: The Social Archaeology of Household Production and Social Relations: Julia A. Hendon (Gettysburg College). 13. Diaspora and Identity in Archaeology: Moving beyond the Black Atlantic: Ian Lilley (University of Queensland). Part IV: Politics:. 14. The Political Economy of Archaeological Practice and the Production of Heritage in the Middle East: Reinhard. Bernbeck and Susan Pollock (Both at: State University of New York, Binghamton). 15. Latin American Archaeology: From Colonialism To Globalization: Gustavo Politis (CONICET-UNCPBA, Argentina) and José Antonio Perez Gollán (CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina). 16. Contested Pasts: Archaeology and Native Americans: Randall H. McGuire (Binghamton University). 17. Identity, Modernity, and Archaeology: The Case of Japan: Koji Mizoguchi (Kyushu University, Japan). Index

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Book SynopsisSpecial Papers in Palaeontology, published by The Palaeontological Association, is a series of substantial separate works conforming to the style of the Palaeontology journal. Two issues are published each year and feature high standard illustrations. This issue investigates the forty-two graptoloid graptolite species which are described from the upper Hirnantian persculptus Biozone, lower Rhuddanian ascensus-acuminatus and vesiculosus biozones and Aeronian of Jordan. Studies the recent interest in modelling the deposition of the organic-rich shales of latest Ordovician and early Silurian age in Jordan which has led to the collection of a considerable number of graptolites. Brings together researchers, geologists and enthusiasts who continue to find material of significance. Includes 2 plates and 22 text-figures. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Previous Work. Locality Information. Biostratigraphy. Characters. Systematic Palaeontology. Neodiplograptus. Normalograptus. Paraclimacograptus. Metaclimacograptus. Sudburigraptus. Cystograptus. Akidograptus. Parakidograptus. Rhaphidograptus. Dimorphograptus. Atavograptus. Huttagraptus. Conclusions. Acknowledgements. References. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisAn important contribution to the European Mesolithic and Neolithic literature. Focusses on Northern Europe including Novel methods and studies, and very important finds. Includes major new developments on Ezero-Kale in Bulgaria (a sequel to Acta Archaeologica Supplementa VI, 2005 on the Lîga Copper Age settlement). Provides a superb explanation of the collapse of Balkan Copper Age societies and the long transition to the Bronze Age. Includes the re-orientation towards the new centres of the Mediterranean and the Near East: indeed, the dawn of civilization. Table of Contents1. From the Copper Age to The Bronze Age in the Southern Balkans (Inga Merkyte). 2. The Function of Perforated Shoe-Last Axes (Niels V. Skak-Nielsen). 3. The Ahrensburgian Galta 3 Site in SW Norway: Dating, Technology And Cultural Affinity (Ingrid Fuglestvedt). 4. The Northern Periphery of the TRB: Graves and Ritual Deposits in Norway (Einar Østmo). 5. The Mesolithic Settlement in NE Savo, Finland and the Earliest Settlement in the Eastern Baltic Sea (Timo Jussila, Aivar Kriiska, Tapani Rostedt). 6. The Composition of Mesolithic Food : Evidence from the Submerged Settlement on The Argus Bank, Denmark (Anders Fischer, Mike Richards, Jesper Olsen, David Earle Robinson, Pia Bennike, Lucyna Kubiak-Martens, Jan Heinemeier). 7. Historical Context of the term 'Complexity' in the South Scandinavian Mesolithic (Erik Brinch Petersen, Christopher Meiklejohn). 8. New Information on the Stone Age Graves at Dragsholm, Denmark (T. Douglas Price, Stanley H. Ambrose, Pia Bennike, Jan Heinemeier, Nanna Noe-Nygaard, Erik Brinch Petersen, Peter Vang Petersen, Michael P. Richards).

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Book SynopsisAn insightful collection of studies into the Viking, Neolithic and Bronze Ages of the Nordic world: exploring both the domestic and the regal in the rise to civilization. Investigates the prominent Migration Period building at Alby, Sweden Contributors include Wolf Meyer-Christian, Anne Carlie and Palle Eriksen Features case study on Neolithic & Bronze Ages in the North' Researches the orientation of Danish Passage Graves Table of ContentsI. Nordic World. 1. Kings' Jelling (Klavs Randsborg). 2. Die Wohnstallhäuser Der Feddersen Wierde (Wolf Meyer-Christian). 3. Prominent Migration Period Building at Alby, Sweden (Jörn Hjulström, Sven Isaksson, Christina Karlsson). 4. Tæbring, Denmark, AD 600–1100 (Poul Mikkelsen, Annine S.A. Moltsen, Søren M. Sindbæk). 5. Magnate Estates along the Road: Viking Age Southwestern Scania (Anne Carlie). 6. Blót Houses in Viking Age Farmstead Cult Practices on Iceland (Bjarni F. Einarsson). 7. Between Two Worlds: The Meaning of Womens' Ornaments (Johan Callmer). 8. Skriduklaustur Monastery, Iceland (Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir). II. Neolithic & Bronze Ages in the North. 9. The Orientation of Danish Passage Graves (Claus Clausen, Ole Einicke, Per Kjærgaard). 10. Stability & Change in Scandinavian Rock-Art (Kalle Sognnes). 11. Permanent Lines (Klavs Randsborg). III. Links with the North. 12. The Great Mound Of Newgrange (Palle Eriksen). 13. Aistulf And The Adriatic Sea (Richard Hodges). 14. The Longphort in Viking Age Ireland (John Sheehan). IV. Research History. 15. Detailed Bronze Age Chronology at 1850 (Klavs Randsborg).

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Book SynopsisA study of The National Museum of Denmark which celebrated its 200 year anniversary in 2007. Sees a nation in world context, tracing its roots back to C.J. Thomsen''s famous collection on Danish prehistory through to the age of science T. B. Jakobsen traces this development in great detail and with a high degree of accuracy until 1848, at the dawn of democracy An unusual and thought-provoking collection - no other main European museum is documented to such degree A study into a highly important aspect of the Danish Golden Age of the days of Søren Kierkegaard and Hans Christian Andersen Includes comprehensive minutes which hold all information on collection, excavation, conservation, exhibition, economics, studies and visitors Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The History Of Archaeology In Denmark Before 1800. 2. The Historical Background Leading To The Establishment Of The Antiquity Commission. 3. The Establishment Of The Royal Commission For The Preservation Of Antiquities. 4. Permanent Members Of The Antiquity Commission. 5. The Corresponding Members Of The Antiquity Commission And Its Foreign Connections. 6. The Antiquity Commission And The Freemasonry. 7. The Antiquity Commission And The Reports. 8. Monuments And Relics With Inscriptions

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Book SynopsisFacilitates the sharing of information among practitioners, academics, and students Useful document for practitioners Contributes to the professional development of anthropologists seeking practitioner positions Supports the general interests of practitioners both within and outside the academy.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction. 1. Introduction: Preparing Anthropologists for the 21st Century (Carla Guerrón-Montero). 2. Recent Changes and Trends in the Practice of Applied Anthropology (Satish Kedia). Part II: Graduate School in Applied Anthropology. 3. Mastering the Art of the M.A. Program and Beyond (Terry Redding). 4. Small Fish in a Big Pond: An Applied Anthropologist in Natural Resource Management (Jennifer Gilden). Part III: Advice from the Academy. 5. Practicing Anthropology from within the Academy: Combining Careers (Philip D. Young). 6. Moving Past Public Anthropology and Doing Collaborative Research (Luke Eric Lassiter). 7. Collaboration, Cooperation, and Working Together: Anthropologists Creating a Space for Research and Academic Partnerships (Geraldine Moreno-Black and Pissamai Homchampa). 8. Learning Applied Anthropology in Field Schools: Lessons from Bosnia and Romania (Peter W. Van Arsdale). Part IV: Advice from Practicing Anthropologists. 9. Working for the Federal Government: Anthropology Careers (Shirley J. Fiske). 10. Applied Anthropology and Executive Leadership (Barbara Pillsbury.) 11. Creating Your Own Consulting Business (Carla N. Littlefield and Emilia González-Clements). 12. Using Anthropology Overseas (Riall W. Nolan). 13. Becoming an International Consultant (Gisele Maynard-Tucker). Part V: Further Resources. 14. Further Resources for Careers in Applied Anthropology (Scarlett Shaffer). 15. Biosketches of Authors.

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Book Synopsis* Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation * Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe * Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world .Trade Review“Furthermore, despite the technical nature of many of the contributions, the overall concepts are generally presented in an organized and clear format that would not at all preclude their use in advanced undergraduate seminars.” (American Journal Physical Anthropology, 14 March 2014) "In the first instance the book is dedicated to scientists and students of Archaeology, biological Anthropology, and Palaeopathology as well as to other scientists interested in social and biological variations of man by permanent changes of the environment." (HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 2011) "Social Bioarchaeology makes an excellent reference for this subfield, and stresses the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach at a time perhaps when anthropology needs it most." (Social Bioarchaeology, 12 April 2011)Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. Notes on Contributors. Series Editors' Preface. 1 Building a Social Bioarchaeology (Sabrina C. Agarwal and Bonnie A. Glencross). Part I Materials and Meaning: The Nature of Skeletal Samples. 2 The Origins of Biocultural Dimensions in Bioarchaeology (Molly K. Zuckerman and George J. Armelagos). 3 Partnerships, Pitfalls, and Ethical Concerns in International Bioarchaeology (Bethany L. Turner and Valerie A. Andrushko). 4 The Formation of Mortuary Deposits: Implications for Understanding Mortuary Behavior of Past Populations (Estella Weiss-Krejci). 5 Representativeness and Bias in Archaeological Skeletal Samples (Mary Jackes). Part II Social Identity: Bioarchaeology of Sex, Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability. 6 Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeological Research: Theory, Method, and Interpretation (Sandra E. Hollimon). 7 Population Migration, Variation, and Identity: An Islamic Population in Iberia (Sonia Zakrzewski). 8 Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Colonial New York: A Bioarchaeological Study of the New York African Burial Ground (Autumn R. Barrett and Michael L. Blakey). 9 The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study of Perceptions, Stigma, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Charlotte Roberts). Part III Growth and Aging: The Life Course of Health and Disease. 10 Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of Age (Joanna Sofaer). 11 It is Not Carved in Bone: Development and Plasticity of the Aged Skeleton (Sabrina C. Agarwal and Patrick Beauchesne). 12 The Bioarchaeological Investigation of Children and Childhood (Siân E. Halcrow and Nancy Tayles). 13 Moving from the Canary in the Coalmine: Modeling Childhood in Bahrain (Judith Littleton). 14 Skeletal Injury Across the Life Course: Towards Understanding Social Agency (Bonnie A. Glencross). 15 Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy (Tracy L. Prowse). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe highly fossiliferous upper Darriwilian to lower Sandbian Elnes Formation of Norway presents an interesting insight into the general responses and preferences of Lower Palaeozoic faunas belonging to a stable, mud dominated middle to outer shelf environment in connection with a major transgressive to regressive system tract. The rich trilobite fauna consisting of nearly 100 taxa is closely linked to the changes in the environment, being most abundant in a muddy and siliciclastic dominated environment just above storm wave base. The fauna is highly endemic for the region and the remainder of Baltoscania. This monograph presents a taxonomic description of the total trilobite fauna, including a new genus and seven hitherto unknown species. New and extensive biostratigraphical data is presented on the trilobites together with a study on the biogeographical and ecological aspects of the faunas.Trade ReviewMrs Jane Holland M.A. Assistant Editor Geological Magazine Department of Earth Sciences Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary book examines archaeology s engagement with semiotics, from its early structuralist beginnings to its more recent Peircian encounters.Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. What is Semiotics?. Archaeology and Semiotics. Theorizing Material Culture. Organization of Book. Part I. Signs of Meaning. 2. Saussure and his Legacy. Ferdinand de Saussure. Semiology and Structural Lingustics. Saussure and Modern Linguistics. Structural Anthropology. Symbolic and Cognitive Anthropology. Summary. 3. The Peircian Alternative. Charles Sanders Peirce. Semeiotics. Peirce and Modern Philosophy. Peirce and Modern Linguistics. The Life of the Sign. Summary. 4. Pragmatic Anthropology. Peircian Encounters. Indexicality. Self and Social Identity. Material Culture Meanings. Summary. Part II: Aspects of a Semiotic Archaeology. 5. Structuralism and Processal Archaeology. A Brief History of Processual Archaeology. Rules and Representations. Information Exchange. Ideology and Structural Marxism. Summary. 6. Poststructuralism and Postprocessual Archaeologies. A Brief History of Postprocessual Archaeologies. From Structure to Practice. Reading Material Culture. Material Culture as Text. Material Metaphors. Summary. 7. Cognitive Science and Cognitive Archaeology. A Brief History of Cognitive Archaeology. The Evolution of Mind. Cognitive Processes. Summary. Part III: Archaeological Case Studies. 8. Brook Farm and Architecture of Utopia. Utopian Architecture. The Brook Farm Historical Site. Semiotic Ideologies of Social Reform. Finding Utopia. Houses as Social Actors. Representing Brook Farm. Conclusions. 9. In the Aftermath of the Pueblo Revolt. The New Mexico Colony. The Pueblo Revitalization Movement. “Living in Accord with the Laws of the Ancestors”. Kotyiti Archaeology. Social Dynamics at Kotyiti Pueblo. Regional Settlement Pattern. Signs of the Times. Conclusions. 10. Material Meanings in Practice. On Cables and Chains. Integrating Words and Things. Semiotic Ideologies. Towards a Pragmatic Archaeology. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisA literary history of the old, broken, rusty, dusty, and moldy stuff that people dug up in England during the long eighteenth century. In the eighteenth century, antiquarieswary of the biases of philosophers, scientists, politicians, and historiansused old objects to establish what they claimed was a true account of history. But just what could these small, fragmentary, frequently unidentifiable things, whose origins were unknown and whose worth or meaning was not self-evident, tell people about the past?In Artifacts, Crystal B. Lake unearths the four kinds of old objects that were most frequently found and cataloged in Enlightenment-era England: coins, manuscripts, weapons, and grave goods. Following these prized objects as they made their way into popular culture, Lake develops new interpretations of works by Joseph Addison, John Dryden, Horace Walpole, Jonathan Swift, Tobias Smollett, Lord Byron, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, among others. Rereading these authors with the artifact in Trade ReviewWhile this review singles out only a few, Lake's examination of the narratives generated by many eighteenth-century first responders to coins, weapons, manuscripts and grave goods, is thorough and illuminating, as are her detailed and scholarly readings of literary texts where artifacts shape form and content.—Frances Singh, Hostos Community College, CUNY (emerita), Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer[A] engaging and thought-provoking study.—Kate Smith, University of Birmingham, Journal of British Studies..., the book is a powerful reminder of the nuances that paying more attention to objects can bring to the study of the intersections between literature and politics in the long eighteenth century.—Giacomo Savani, University College Dublin, Modern PhilologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsPrologue. Things Speaking for ThemselvesPart I. Terms and ContextsChapter 1. Leaving Room to Guess Chapter 2. Ten Thousand GimcracksPart II. Case StudiesChapter 3. Coins: The Most Vocal Monuments Chapter 4. Manuscripts: Burnt to a Crust Chapter 5. Weapons: A Wilderness of Arms Chapter 6. Grave Goods: The Kings' Four BodiesAfterword. The Artifactual FormNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisHistoric Philadelphia has long yielded archaeological treasures from its past. Excavations required by the National Historic Preservation Act have recovered pottery shards, pots, plates, coins, bones, and other artifacts relating to early life in the city. This updated edition of Digging in the City of Brotherly Love continues to use archaeology to learn about and understand people from the past. Rebecca Yamin adds three new chapters that showcase several major discoveries from recent finds including unmarked early eighteenth-century burial grounds, one of which associated with the first African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, in the oldest part of the city; a nineteenth-century working-class neighborhood built along the path of what is now Route I-95 and was once home to Native American life; and the remains of two taverns found on the site of the current Museum of the American Revolution. Yamin describes the research and state-of-the-art techniques used to study these excitin

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Book Synopsis* Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation * Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe * Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world .Trade Review“Furthermore, despite the technical nature of many of the contributions, the overall concepts are generally presented in an organized and clear format that would not at all preclude their use in advanced undergraduate seminars.” (American Journal Physical Anthropology, 14 March 2014) "In the first instance the book is dedicated to scientists and students of Archaeology, biological Anthropology, and Palaeopathology as well as to other scientists interested in social and biological variations of man by permanent changes of the environment." (HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 2011) Social Bioarchaeology makes an excellent reference for this subfield, and stresses the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach at a time perhaps when anthropology needs it most." (Social Bioarchaeology, 12 April 2011)Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. Notes on Contributors. Series Editors' Preface. 1 Building a Social Bioarchaeology (Sabrina C. Agarwal and Bonnie A. Glencross). Part I Materials and Meaning: The Nature of Skeletal Samples. 2 The Origins of Biocultural Dimensions in Bioarchaeology (Molly K. Zuckerman and George J. Armelagos). 3 Partnerships, Pitfalls, and Ethical Concerns in International Bioarchaeology (Bethany L. Turner and Valerie A. Andrushko). 4 The Formation of Mortuary Deposits: Implications for Understanding Mortuary Behavior of Past Populations (Estella Weiss-Krejci). 5 Representativeness and Bias in Archaeological Skeletal Samples (Mary Jackes). Part II Social Identity: Bioarchaeology of Sex, Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability. 6 Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeological Research: Theory, Method, and Interpretation (Sandra E. Hollimon). 7 Population Migration, Variation, and Identity: An Islamic Population in Iberia (Sonia Zakrzewski). 8 Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Colonial New York: A Bioarchaeological Study of the New York African Burial Ground (Autumn R. Barrett and Michael L. Blakey). 9 The Bioarchaeology of Leprosy and Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study of Perceptions, Stigma, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Charlotte Roberts). Part III Growth and Aging: The Life Course of Health and Disease. 10 Towards a Social Bioarchaeology of Age (Joanna Sofaer). 11 It is Not Carved in Bone: Development and Plasticity of the Aged Skeleton (Sabrina C. Agarwal and Patrick Beauchesne). 12 The Bioarchaeological Investigation of Children and Childhood (Siân E. Halcrow and Nancy Tayles). 13 Moving from the Canary in the Coalmine: Modeling Childhood in Bahrain (Judith Littleton). 14 Skeletal Injury Across the Life Course: Towards Understanding Social Agency (Bonnie A. Glencross). 15 Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy (Tracy L. Prowse). Index.

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Book SynopsisSponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute, in conjunction with the British Academy, Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics to provide a major breakthrough in the debate over human evolution and the nature of society.Table of ContentsList of Tables. List of Figures. List of Illustrations. Preface. Acknowledgements. Notes on Contributors. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND. Why 'Kinship'? New Questions on an Old Topic (Wendy James). A Brief Overview of Human Evolution (John A. J. Gowlett and Robin Dunbar). PART I Where and When: The Archaeological Evidence for Early Social Life in Africa. 1 Kinship and Material Culture: Archaeological Implications of the Human Global Diaspora (Clive Gamble). 2 Deep Roots of Kin: Developing the Evolutionary Perspective from Prehistory (John A. J. Gowlett). PART II Women, Children, Men – and the Puzzles of Comparative Social Structure. 3 Early Human Kinship Was Matrilineal (Chris Knight). 4 Alternating Birth Classes: A Note from Eastern Africa (Wendy James). 5 Tetradic Theory and the Origin of Human Kinship Systems (Nicholas J. Allen). 6 What Can Ethnography Tell Us about Human Social Evolution? (Robert Layton). PART III Other Primates and the Biological Approach. 7 Kinship in Biological Perspective (Robin Dunbar). 8 The Importance of Kinship in Monkey Society (Amanda H. Korstjens). 9 Meaning and Relevance of Kinship in Great Apes (Julia Lehmann). 10 Grandmothering and Female Coalitions: A Basis for Matrilineal Priority? (Kit Opie and Camilla Power). PART IV Reconstructions: Evidence from Cultural Practice and Language. 11 A Phylogenetic Approach to the History of Cultural Practices (Laura Fortunato). 12 Reconstructing Ancient Kinship in Africa (Christopher Ehret). 13 The Co-evolution of Language and Kinship (Alan Barnard). EPILOGUE. Reaching across the Gaps (Hilary Callan). Appendices to Chapter 12. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume represents a comprehensive archaeological discussion of residential burials in a variety of geographic, temporal, and social contexts.The volume chapters explore the many social meanings associated with the practice of burying the dead in residential contexts, touching on a variety of themes related to social memory, social reproduction, landscapes, identity, and power.Emphasis throughout these essays is on the important connections that people have with their deceased forbears and how these connections can be identified archaeologically. The Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (AP3A) is published on behalf of the Archaeological Division of the American Anthropological Association. AP3A publishes original monograph-length manuscripts on a wide range of subjects generally considered to fall within the purview of anthropological archaeology. There are no geographical, temporal, or topical restrictions. Organizers of AAA symposia Table of ContentsChapter 1. Residential Burial in Global Perspective (Ron L. Adams and Stacie M. King). Chapter 2. The Social Life of Tombs inWest Sumba, Indonesia (Ron L. Adams and Ayu Kusumawati). Chapter 3. In the Beginning: The Experience of Residential Burial in Prehispanic Honduras (Rosemary A. Joyce). Chapter 4. Remembering One and All: Early Postclassic Residential Burial in Coastal Oaxaca, Mexico (Stacie M. King). Chapter 5. Residential Burial and the Metal Age of Thailand (Joyce C. White and Chureekamol Onsuwan Eyre). Chapter 6. Residential Burial, Gender Roles, and Political Development in Late Prehistoric and Early Cherokee Cultures of the Southern Appalachians (Lynne P. Sullivan and Christopher B. Rodning). Chapter 7. Inside and Outside: Residential Burial at Formative Period Chalcatzingo, Mexico (Susan D. Gillespie). Chapter 8. A Family Affair: The Use of Intramural Funerary Chambers in Mesopotamia during the Late Third and Early Second Millennia B.C.E. (Nicola Laneri). Chapter 9. Practices of Place-Making, Ancestralizing, and Re-animation within Memory Communities (Patricia A. McAnany).

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Book SynopsisThis volume comprises 2 substantial papers that describe the Early Triassic (Smithian) ammonoids from the Salt Range (Pakistan) and the Spiti region of India. Ammonoids are abundant and well-preserved at many localities in these regions, and their highly resolved evolutionary succession is the key to stratigraphic correlation between the 2 areas, and with other Tethyan sequences such as those in southern Tibet and south China. Many new key genera and species are described.

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