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- catalog abstract ""In this collection of essays, some of the world's leading anthropologists explore fundamental questions humans ask about themselves as individuals, as societies, and as a species, Conveying anthropology's richness and breadth, the contributors trace the emergence of humans from other primates, describe archaeologists' understanding of early and more recent settlements, and explore the diversity of present and past cultures. Moving from a discussion of communications with apes to a survey of the aging process in several societies, from a case study of a Peruvian highland community to a search for the origins of Eskimo peoples, the essays trace not only culture changes but also changes in anthropologists' perspectives during the 150-year history of the field."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Anthro notes.".
- catalog contributor b10885649.
- catalog contributor b10885650.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""Ape-ing" language : experiments and communication with our closest relatives / Kathleen D. Gordon -- Politics and problems of gorilla and chimp conservation / Alison S. Brooks, J.N. Leith Smith, and Catherine Cockshutt Smith -- What's new in early human evolution 5 to 1 million years ago? / Alison S. Brooks -- Modern human origins : what new with what's old / Alison S. Brooks -- Man the scavenger / Kathleen D. Gordon -- The real Flintstones : what are artists' depictions of human ancestors telling us? / Diane Gifford-Gonzalez.".
- catalog description ""In this collection of essays, some of the world's leading anthropologists explore fundamental questions humans ask about themselves as individuals, as societies, and as a species, Conveying anthropology's richness and breadth, the contributors trace the emergence of humans from other primates, describe archaeologists' understanding of early and more recent settlements, and explore the diversity of present and past cultures. Moving from a discussion of communications with apes to a survey of the aging process in several societies, from a case study of a Peruvian highland community to a search for the origins of Eskimo peoples, the essays trace not only culture changes but also changes in anthropologists' perspectives during the 150-year history of the field."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Anthropological perspectives on aging / Alison S. Brooks and Patricia Draper -- Ethnographic film : then and now / John P. Homiak -- 150 years of Native American research at the Smithsonian / JoAllyn Archambault and William C. Sturtevant -- Race and ethnicity in America / Alison S. Brooks, Fatimah L.C. Jackson, and R. Richard Grinker.".
- catalog description "Bones and stones, or sheep? : studying the first Americans / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Dennis J. Stanford -- The first South Americans : archaeology at Monte Verde / Tom D. Dillehay -- The Moche : profile of an ancient Peruvian people / John W. Verano -- A quiet revolution : origins of agriculture in eastern North America / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Bruce D. Smith -- Global culture change : new views of circumpolar lands and peoples / William W. Fitzhugh -- The archaeology of African American life / Theresa A. Singleton.".
- catalog description "Identity transformation in colonial northern Mexico / William L. Merrill -- Andean women : united we sit / Catherine J. Allen -- Whose past is it anyway? : three interpretations of history / Loretta Fowler -- Doing ethnography at Macalester College : "From the inside out" / Ruth Osterweis Selig -- Another Maasai story / Naomi Kipury -- Mayan indians and the Passamaquoddy of Maine : anthropological linguists aid in cultural survival / Robert M. Laughlin and Kathleen J. Bragdon -- Medicine, law, and education : a journey into applied linguistics / P. Ann Kaup and Roger W. Shuy.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "What bones teach us / Kathleen D. Gordon -- Disease in human evolution : the reemergence of infectious diseases in the third epidemiological transition / George J. Armelagos, Kathleen C. Barnes, and James Lin -- History, progress, and the facts of ancient life / Mark N. Cohen -- New perspectives on agricultural origins in the Ancient Near East / Melinda A. Zeder -- Pygmies of the Ituri : an ethnoarchaeological exploration / John W. Fisher -- Who got to America first? : a very old question / Stephen Williams.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 348 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Anthropology explored.".
- catalog identifier "1560987634 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1560987901 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Anthropology explored.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Anthropology explored.".
- catalog subject "301/.071 21".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Study and teaching.".
- catalog subject "Anthropology.".
- catalog subject "GN31.2 .A57 1998".
- catalog subject "GN31.2 .A57 1998X".
- catalog tableOfContents ""Ape-ing" language : experiments and communication with our closest relatives / Kathleen D. Gordon -- Politics and problems of gorilla and chimp conservation / Alison S. Brooks, J.N. Leith Smith, and Catherine Cockshutt Smith -- What's new in early human evolution 5 to 1 million years ago? / Alison S. Brooks -- Modern human origins : what new with what's old / Alison S. Brooks -- Man the scavenger / Kathleen D. Gordon -- The real Flintstones : what are artists' depictions of human ancestors telling us? / Diane Gifford-Gonzalez.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Anthropological perspectives on aging / Alison S. Brooks and Patricia Draper -- Ethnographic film : then and now / John P. Homiak -- 150 years of Native American research at the Smithsonian / JoAllyn Archambault and William C. Sturtevant -- Race and ethnicity in America / Alison S. Brooks, Fatimah L.C. Jackson, and R. Richard Grinker.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Bones and stones, or sheep? : studying the first Americans / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Dennis J. Stanford -- The first South Americans : archaeology at Monte Verde / Tom D. Dillehay -- The Moche : profile of an ancient Peruvian people / John W. Verano -- A quiet revolution : origins of agriculture in eastern North America / Ruth Osterweis Selig and Bruce D. Smith -- Global culture change : new views of circumpolar lands and peoples / William W. Fitzhugh -- The archaeology of African American life / Theresa A. Singleton.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Identity transformation in colonial northern Mexico / William L. Merrill -- Andean women : united we sit / Catherine J. Allen -- Whose past is it anyway? : three interpretations of history / Loretta Fowler -- Doing ethnography at Macalester College : "From the inside out" / Ruth Osterweis Selig -- Another Maasai story / Naomi Kipury -- Mayan indians and the Passamaquoddy of Maine : anthropological linguists aid in cultural survival / Robert M. Laughlin and Kathleen J. Bragdon -- Medicine, law, and education : a journey into applied linguistics / P. Ann Kaup and Roger W. Shuy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "What bones teach us / Kathleen D. Gordon -- Disease in human evolution : the reemergence of infectious diseases in the third epidemiological transition / George J. Armelagos, Kathleen C. Barnes, and James Lin -- History, progress, and the facts of ancient life / Mark N. Cohen -- New perspectives on agricultural origins in the Ancient Near East / Melinda A. Zeder -- Pygmies of the Ituri : an ethnoarchaeological exploration / John W. Fisher -- Who got to America first? : a very old question / Stephen Williams.".
- catalog title "Anthropology explored : the best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes / edited by Ruth Osterweis Selig and Marilyn R. London ; illustrated by Robert L. Humphrey ; with a forward by David W. McCurdy.".
- catalog type "text".