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YANOMAMO: The Fierce People
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NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. 142pp. A case study in cultural anthropology. Contrasting a primitive people and their value system with a modern, sophisticated one. Site map frontis. B&W photos and line drawings. Glossary and references. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked.. Paperback. Good. 8vo. more information
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HISTORY OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE NETHERLANDS
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UK: International Association of Human Biologists, 1983. 36pp. References. Some very minor edge wrinkles to rear cover, o/w clean and unmarked.. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. more information
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KARAVAR; Masks and Power in a Melanesian Ritual
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London: Cornell University Press, 1974. 259 pp. From a series on Symbol, Myth and Ritual. Reviews the role of symbols - religious, mythic, aesthetic, political and economic - in social and cultural process. Focuses on the study of the mortuary rituals of the Melanesian Karavar people of the Bismarck Archipelago. Glossary, bibliography and index. Very minor bumps to two corners. Clean and unmarked.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. more information
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MARGARET MEAD AND SAMOA: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983. 379pp. Bibliographical references,Glossary and Index. Dust jacket shows moderate corner wear. Book has sustained small bump to head corner, front board. Otherwise, clean, tight, and totally unmarked.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. more information
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KOKOPELLI CEREMONIES
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Kiva Publishing, 1995. 64pp. Ceremonies of the Pueblo Indians. Illustrated with colorful paintings by Robert B. Montoya. Also B&W illus. Very sl. rubbing to top corners and spine ends. DJ corners and spine ends scuffed. Otherwise, clean and unmarked.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. 8vo. more information
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THE PONCA TRIBE
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Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1965. 191pp. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 195. Frontis. B&W line drawings. 24 Plates. References and index. Light rubbing to corners. Otherwise, clean and unmarked.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. more information
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INVASION AND RESISTANCE: Aboriginal-European Relations on the North Queensland Frontier 1861-1897
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Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, 1982. 325pp. Illustrated with some very interesting B&W photos and line drawings. Racial conflict and dispossession with the invasion of 19th Century white settlers. Bibliography and Index. DJ shows several small closed tears to edges. Book is clean, tight, and totally unmarked.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/Very Good. 8vo. more information
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MILLENNIUM: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
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NY: Viking, 1992. 397 pp. A lavish companion volume to the PBS televsion series, The Ascent of Man and the Cosmos. Understanding the wisdom to be gained from tribal civilizations threatened by the tide of progress. Photography essay section of 108 pp. of glossy colored activities of the Tribal People, other color and b&w photos. Bibliogrphy and index. Dust jacket has fold to front inside flap and two small digs at back head spine area o/w as new.. Hardcover. New/Very Good +. 4to. more information
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AFRICAN ETHNICS AND PERSONAL NAMES
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Los Angeles: Ariko Publications, 1998. 281pp. A well-researched volume which presents a dictionary of 4000 personal names of primarily central, eastern and southern African peoples. First book of its kind to present a list of names plus the historical and cultural background of the ethnic groups represented. References. 1½ cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, otherwise, New.. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. more information
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THE TEPEHUAN OF CHIHUAHUA: Their Material Culture
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Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1969. 413pp. A very definitive study of these aboriginal Mexican people. B&W photos. Index and bibliography. Minor surface rubbing to front wrapper. Clean, tight and unmarked within.. 1st Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to. more information
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BUSH FOR THE BUSHMAN: Need "The Gods Must be Crazy" Kalahari People Die?
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Greenville, PA: Beaver Pond Publishing, 1992. 227pp. Very well illustrated in B&W and color. Biblio and index. Spine tears near head and tail, otherwise, in brand new condition.. 1st Edition Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. more information
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MOUNTAIN PAPUANS: Historical and Comparative Perspectives from New Guinea Fringe Highland Societies
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Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1988. 230pp. Gilt spine. Index and biblio. Scratch across tail of front board. Clean and unmarked.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo. more information
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SICUANGA RUNA: The Other Side of Development in Amazonian Ecuador
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Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1985. 314pp. A penetrating look at life in Nueva Esperanza/Nayapi Llacta---a small sector of Amazonian Ecuador---is a remarkably detailed and profusely illustrated study with far-reaching implications for all developing nations, when a people attempt to retain their cultural heritage in spite of the demands of the "modern" world. References and index. Book tight, clean, and totally unmarked. DJ entire with two small, closed tears to rear wrap, head edge.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/Very Good. 8vo. more information
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