Search Results: Anthropology from Attic Books

Midwood, 1967. Softcover. Near fine. 32-666. 122, [4] p. 18 cm. Paperback. All edges red. Light wear.

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1974. Hardcover. ex library-good. x, [2], 194 p. 25 cm. B&w photos and diagrams. Black cloth. Ex library with labels on spine and rear endpaper, ink stamps on top edge and title page. Spine faded, marks on cloth. Cracking at p. 194. Some of these papers presented at 68th Annual Meetng of American Anthropological Association in Nov. 1969.

INAH, 2002. 7th edition. Softcover. Very good. 390 p. 23 cm. 255 b&w figures. Paperback. Moderate shelf wear. A bit of dust on lower edge. Former owner's signature on first leaf. Spanish text.

Mexico City: INAH, 1990. Softcover. Good. Serie Antropologia Fisica. Coleccion Centifica. 120 p. 26 cm. Figures and tables. A little wear and discolouration to covers. Ink mark on index page. Spanish text.

Montreal: B. Dawson, 1860. Hardcover. ex library-fair. 400 p. + 6 p. index. 20 cm. Mauve cloth with blind impressing. Much faded, especially at spine. Corners bumped. Spine chipped and torn. Ex library with labels on front pastedown. Paper starting to darken but very clean. "This work is not intended as a treatise on elementary Geology, with Theological applications, nor as an attempt to establish a scheme of reconciliation between Geology and the Bible. It is the result of a series of exegetical studies of the first chapter of Genesis, in connection with the numerous incidental references to nature and creation in other parts of the Holy Scriptures. These studies were undertaken primarily for the private information of the author; and are now published as affording the best answer which he can give to the numerous questions on this subject addressed to him in his capacity of a teacher of Geology." - from the Preface. Dawson, who taught at McGill, divided his book into such subjects as: objects,… Read More

Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1997. Soft cover. Near fine. 353 p. 31 cm. Over 600 illustrations, about half in colour. Pictorial softcover. Covers the Kuna people Panama: their language, arts, picture writing, ceremonies, etc.

Budapest: CEU Press, 1999. Softcover. ex library-good. 186 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Ex library with labels on spine, inside front cover, and first leaf. Ink stamps on edges.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Near fine. Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. vii, 327 p. 24 cm. Grey cloth. Faint soiling to rear cover.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1892. Soft cover. Fair. xiii, 125 p. 23 cm. 4 facsimiles. Grey paper covers with black print. Spine missing. Front cover separating. Ink stamp rear of title page and number on title. Paper yellowing. Index of Languages includes Ahtena, Willopah, Chippewyan, Dene, Navajo, etc.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology, 1893. Disbound. Fair. xiii, 81 p. 25 cm. 3 facsimiles. Paper covers. Spine missing and pages disbound. Rust marks where staples missing.

University Press of Kansas, 1984. Hardcover. ex library-good. xix, 263 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Red cloth. Ex library with labels on spine and endpapers, ink stamps on text block edges and front endpaper.

Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2010. Hardcover. Near fine. Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual II. Includes E book version in PDF format on CD ROM in rear pocket. viii, 583 p. 25 cm. B&w figures and tables. Light marks to lower spine.

Berlin: Mouton, nd. Foreword dated 1983. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Approaches to Semiotics 64. 165 p. 23 cm. Colour photos, b&w drawings. Black cloth in dustjacket. A little bumping to corners.

1983. Very good +. Museum of Cultural History Monograph Series no. 20. 63 p. 28 cm. 52 figures, some in colour. Staplebound. A bit faded around spine. Ink signature at top of half title.

Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 1993. Hardcover. ex library-very good/Very good. viii, 184 p. 23 cm. B&w tables and maps. Mylar-covered dustjacket is taped to book. Ex library with labels on lower spine and rear endpapers. Ink stamps on text block edges and title. Empirical study conducted in three cities of Uttar Pradesh.

Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1976. Softcover. Fine. National Museum of Man Mercury Series. Archeological Survey of Canada Paper No. 49. xi, 391 p. 28 cm. 1 map, 41 figures, 50 tables. Brown paper covers. Articles on Nunamiut archaeology, house types at Tukuto Lake, early historic Nunamiut house types, West Alaskan influences in Mackenzie Eskimo culture; Kuyukuk Inidan - Kobuk Eskimo interaction; etc. by Lewis R. Binford and others.

Manchester University Press, 1929. Hardcover. Good. ix, 118 p. 22 cm. Blue cloth. Spine faded, slight wear to extremities, spots to text block edges. Discussion of the practice's geographical distribution and significance. Bibliography and index.

Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1978. Softcover. Fair. National Museum of Man Mercury Series. Archaeological Survey of Canada Paper No. 81. A Diamond Jenness Memorial Volume. xxi, 549 p. 28 cm. 40 tables, 20 figures and 48 plates. Brown card covers. Pages 532 onwards detached and rear cover nearly so. Ink signature on title page. Thesis submitted as part of requirements for PhD at University of Toronto's Anthropology Department.

Los Angeles: SAGE, 2016. Softcover. Near fine. xiii, 202 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Light wear. Ink signature on first leaf.

Kobenhavn: C. A. Reitzels, 1944. Good. Meddelelser om Gronland udgivne af Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersogelser I Gronland Bd. 134. Nr. 2. 244 p. 27 cm. 33 figures in text, map at rear. Softcover. Faded, spotted spine with tears to ends. Small tears to edges. Number scratched out at bottom of cover. Neat, clean interior. English text. Living conditions in prehistoric times, Angmagssalik settlement, hunting expeditions, means of existence before colonization, food supply and consumption, income in natural products and cash after the colonization, consumption of imported groceries, amounts paid for European commodities, transport at sea in recent times, health conditions after colonization, etc.