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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind

by Johanson, Donald C.; Edey, Maitland

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Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
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1981
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Hardcover
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9780671250362
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket in protective archival sleeve. Illustrated with 8 pages of color, 32 black-and-white photographs, and 142 line drawings, diagrams, charts, and endpaper maps. Burgundy half cloth gilt titles, brown… Read more about this item
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Man The Tool-Maker

Man The Tool-Maker

by Oakley, Kenneth P

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1964
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Chicago, Illinois: Phoenix Books/The University of Chicago Press, 1964. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Fourth Impression, 1964 Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. An authoritative account of the early history of man's distinguishing trait--the ability to use tools, which distinguishes him from all other creatures on the earth. A richly illustrated, basic study… Read more about this item
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Peasant Society: A Reader
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Peasant Society: A Reader

by Potter, Jack M.; Diaz, May N.; Foster, George M

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1967
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Paperback
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9780316714853
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Boston, Massachusetts: Little Brown & Company, 1967. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. The Little, Brown Series on Anthropology. Orange cover with brown titles is clean with light edgewear, hinged cover has crease down hinge; binding tight, solid and square. Text block edges has colorless spotting. Pages are… Read more about this item
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Irony in Action: Anthropology, Practice, and the Moral Imagination

Irony in Action: Anthropology, Practice, and the Moral Imagination

by Fernandez, James W. And Huber, Mary Taylor (Editors)

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2001
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Paperback
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9780226244235
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Chicago and London: University Of Chicago Press, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Just a touch of wear to front corners, else Fine. Inscribed to colleague by editor Mary Huber on half-title page. Clean, bright, glossy wraps; tight, solid and square binding; internals as new. A… Read more about this item
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Inis Beag: Isle of Ireland (Case Study in Cultural Anthropology)

Inis Beag: Isle of Ireland (Case Study in Cultural Anthropology)

by Messenger, John C

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1969
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9780030812507
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USA: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Green illustrated wraps are clean, worn around edges,no markings. all oages intact with solid binding, pages toned, quite clean, no marks of any kind. b/w illustrations. 136 pages. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. 1969, Holt, Rinehart And Winston,… Read more about this item
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ISHI In Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America

ISHI In Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America

by Kroeber, Theodora

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1974
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Paperback
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9780520006751
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Berkeley, Los Angeles And London: University of California Press, 1974. Paperback. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Fair Condition. Foreword by Lewis Gannett. Eight pages of monochrome historic illustrations.on coated paper. The cover is clean, worn, wrinkled, with wear to edges, BUT the pages are clean, clear, with some highlighted text that… Read more about this item
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The Hunters (Foundation of Modern Anthropology Series)

The Hunters (Foundation of Modern Anthropology Series)

by Service, Elman R

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1966
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Paperback
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9780134480763
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U.S.A: Prentice Hall, 1966. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Eighth Printing. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Cover is clean, rubbed, with crease down the hinge and light edgewear. Pages are quite clean, no underlining, no highlighting, no creases. A discussion and description of primitive hunting-gathering societies and their way of living. Some… Read more about this item
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Lucy's Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor
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Lucy's Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor

by Johanson, Donald; Shreeve, James

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First Edition
Published
1989
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780688064921
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New York: William Morrow & Co, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Fine Condition. 16 color plates and in-text black-and-white photographs. Very clean, unmarked, tight and solid volume, sewn binding. Endpapers with browntone illustrations: The Olduvai lakeshore 1.8 mmillion years ago, as re-created by artist Jay Matternes. Lucy's… Read more about this item
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Man In Adaptation: The Biosocial Background
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Man In Adaptation: The Biosocial Background

by Cohen, Yehudi A. (Editor)

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1969
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Chicago, Illinois, USA: Aldine Publishing, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Third Printing. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. A systematic overview of the biological, social, and cultural adaptation of man in his emergence and evolution. White and black cover is clean with no marks, no creases. A touch of edgewear. Binding is… Read more about this item
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The Gentle Tasaday: A Stone Age People in the Philippine Rain Forest
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The Gentle Tasaday: A Stone Age People in the Philippine Rain Forest

by Nance, John

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Published
1975
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Hardcover
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9780151349906
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U.S.A: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover Out-of Print Book and Jacket in Good+ Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. 64 pages of photographs. John Nance brings a moving picture of the Tasaday, a tribal people discovered by the outside world in 1971.… Read more about this item
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Changes in Latitude: An Uncommon Anthropology
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Changes in Latitude: An Uncommon Anthropology

by Varawa, Joana McIntyre

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As New
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As New
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First Edition
Published
1989
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Hardcover
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9780871133199
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press/Grove/Atlantic Inc, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Photographs by the author. The author documents the lush life of the torrid zone-an uncommon anthropology of the flora, fauna, rituals, passions, and day-to-day lives of the Fijian people, and… Read more about this item
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The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology-A.S.A. Monograph 1
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The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology-A.S.A. Monograph 1

by Banton, Michael, General Editor

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First Thus
Published
1965
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Hardcover
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London, UK: Tavistock Publications, 1965. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Tavistock Publications Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Former owner name stamp on endpaper. A varied sample of the construction of theoretical models useful in the explanation of particular areas of social organization. Essays by different… Read more about this item
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America Now: The Anthropology of a Changing Culture
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America Now: The Anthropology of a Changing Culture

by Harris, Marvin

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First Edition
Published
1981
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Hardcover
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9780671431488
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U.S.A: Simon and Schuster, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Fine Condition. Very clean tan linen half cloth with brown titles, golden-tan boards, spotless, soundly bound, square; internals as new. Tan, unclipped jacket with red and brown titles. A close look at a troubled American society,… Read more about this item
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The Social Anthropology of Complex Societies--A.S.A. Monograph 4
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The Social Anthropology of Complex Societies--A.S.A. Monograph 4

by Banton, Michael, General Editor

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First Thus
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1966
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Hardcover
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London, UK: Tavistock Publications, 1966. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Tavistock Publications Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Previous owner name stamp on endpaper. This volume gives some indication of the progress made by anthropologists in studying societies other than primitive societies, in the study of… Read more about this item
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Amazon Journey: An Anthropologist's Year Among Brazil's Mekranoti Indians
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Amazon Journey: An Anthropologist's Year Among Brazil's Mekranoti Indians

by Werner, Dennis

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First Edition
Published
1985
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Hardcover
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9780671492908
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New York, New York, USA: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover in Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. An account of a young anthropologist's year living in the Brazilian jungles with the Mekranoti Indians, in their unique, isolated culture, describing their way… Read more about this item
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Changes in Latitude: An Uncommon Anthropology
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Changes in Latitude: An Uncommon Anthropology

by Varawa, Joana McIntyre

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1989
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Hardcover
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press/Grove/Atlantic Inc, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Very clean, unmarked blue-green half cloth with gilt lettering and decorated spine over black boards. Tight, solid and square. Internals in Fine Condition. There is an A… Read more about this item
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Man In Prehistory
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Man In Prehistory

by Chard, Chester S

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1969
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Fourth Printing. A Classic in the field of Prehistory. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Maps designed and drawn by James J. Harvin. Designed primarily as a text for a one-semester or quarter course in introductory world prehistory at the… Read more about this item
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The Stages of Human Evolution: Human and Cultural Origins

The Stages of Human Evolution: Human and Cultural Origins

by BRACE, C. LORING

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1976
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USA: Prentice Hall Press, 1976. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Illustrated. Foundation of Modern Anthropology Series. Clean and unmarked cover, upper corner creased, light wear to extremities. Pages clean, no markings, no tears. 116 pages.9 x 6 inches. Prentice Hall, Englewood, NJ 1976.
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