21st century anthropology: a reference handbook
Request a free 30-day online trial at www.sagepub.com/freetrialVia 100 entries or ""mini-chapters, ""21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbookhighlights the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of anthropology ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st century. This two-volume set provides undergraduate majors with an authoritative reference source that serves their research needs with more detailed information than encyclopedia entries but in a clear, accessible style, devoid of jargon, unnecessary detail or density
1 online resource
9781452266305, 9781412957380, 9781412979283, 9781849727488, 1452266301, 1412957389, 1412979285, 1849727481
836864227
Cover
Contents
Preface
About the Editor
About the Contributors
PART I: BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
1
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
2
HOMINID DESCRIPTIONS
3
HUMAN BRAIN
4
HUMAN ADAPTATIONS
5
HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
6
HUMAN BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY
7
RACE AND RACISM
8
DNA AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
PART II: ARCHAEOLOGY
9
ARCHAEOLOGY
10
EXCAVATION AND PRESERVATION
11
ARTIFACTS, BURIALS, AND RUINS
12
AZTECS, INCAS, AND MAYANS
13
TECHNOLOGY PART III: SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY14
CONCEPT OF CULTURE
15
ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY
16
MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
17
KINSHIP SYSTEMS
18
POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
19
MAGIC AND SCIENCE
20
SHAMANISM
21
WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY
22
RELIGIONS AND BELIEFS
23
COSMOLOGY AND MYTHOLOGY
24
PEASANT SOCIETIES
25
FOOD
PART IV: LINGUISTICS
26
LINGUISTICS
27
COMMUNICATION AND SYMBOLISM
28
STORYTELLING
29
MASS MEDIA AND ANTHROPOLOGY
PART V: APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY
30
APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY 31
LAW AND ANTHROPOLOGY32
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
33
PALEOPATHOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
34
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
35
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND ANTHROPOLOGY
PART VI: METHODOLOGY
36
DATING TECHNIQUES
37
INTERPRETING EVIDENCE
38
CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES
39
TWIN STUDIES
PART VII: TEMPORAL FRAMEWORKS
40
GEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
41
PALEONTOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
42
PREHISTORIC CULTURES
43
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
44
HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
PART VIII: THEORIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY 45
THEORETICAL ANTHROPOLOGY46
IDEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
47
ENLIGHTENMENT AND SECULARISM
48
MARXIST ANTHROPOLOGY
49
AGENCY AND PRACTICE THEORY
50
OPEN AND CLOSED SOCIETIES
51
CULTURE AND PERSONALITY
52
GERMAN ANTHROPOLOGY
53
VALUES AND ANTHROPOLOGY
54
HUMAN EXCELLENCE
Volume 2
Contents
PART IX: EVOLUTION
55
FOSSIL PRIMATES
56
HUMAN EVOLUTION
57
CULTURE CHANGE
58
SOCIAL EVOLUTION
59
EVOLUTION
60
EVOLUTION/ CREATION CONTROVERSY
PART X: PRIMATE RESEARCH 61
PRIMATE TAXONOMY62
PRIMATE LOCOMOTION
63
PRIMATE BEHAVIOR STUDIES
64
PRIMATE EXTINCTION AND CONSERVATION
PART XI: CULTURE STUDIES
65
AMAZONIA
66
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
67
INUIT
68
IROQUOIAN PEOPLES
PART XII: CULTURE AREAS
69
AFRICA
70
CARIBBEAN
71
EUROPE
72
INDIA
73
POLYNESIA
74
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
75
RANK, STATUS, AND ROLE
76
CEREMONIES
77
FESTIVALS AND RITUALS
78
MUSIC AND DANCE
79
CONFLICT AND AGGRESSION
80
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
81
GANGS ""82
DEVIANT BEHAVIOR""
Includes index
0-knowledge.sagepub.com.oasis.unisa.ac.za View full-text e-book at SAGE. <BR> Access restricted to Unisa staff and students