Anthropology Explored:
The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes
Revised and Expanded
496
pages |
AnthroNotes editors announce the publication of the Second, Revised and Expanded Edition of Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes, edited by Ruth O. Selig, Marilyn R. London, and P. Ann Kaupp. Designed to appeal to the general public and useful as a supplementary reader for introductory anthropology courses, this 2nd edition has an Instructors Guide available free of charge.
|
Anthropology Explored is a collection of 36 essays written in a light and easy-to-read style by some of the world's leading anthropologists, who explore fundamental questions humans ask about themselves as individuals, as societies, and as a species. Conveying the field's richness and breadth, 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. Illustrated with amusing insightful cartoons drawn by anthropologist Robert L. Humphrey, the essays trace not only culture changes but also changes in anthropologists' perspectives during the 150-year history of the field.
The volume is divided into three major sections: Investigating our Origins and Variation, Examining Our Archaeological Past, and Exploring Our Many Cultures. Culled from the Smithsonian's award-winning serial publication AnthroNotes, the short, engaging essays include introductory abstracts and update sections, which inform readers of recent discoveries in the field as well as shed light on the process of research and discovery. The articles reflect the broad nature of anthropology and focus on single topics such as primate and human aggression, human evolution, race and ethnic identity, disease, origins of agriculture and domestication of animals, forensic anthropology and American MIAs, applied linguistics, African American archaeology, repatriation, cultural relativism and universal human rights, and body art.
FREE INSTRUCTORS GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE
The Instructors Guide is designed to help students grasp the main ideas and concepts of Anthropology Explored. The guide is organized by chapter, with each chapter having a 1-2 page summary, discussion questions, essay questions, short answer questions, and a glossary of terms taken from the chapter. The chapter summary highlights the main points of the chapter, while the questions should help instructors motivate students to discuss, analyze, and debate the issues raised in the essay. At the end of the guide, answers to the questions for five chapters (chapters 1, 7, 8, 13, 14) are provided as a model for students to use.
To obtain a printed version of the Instructors Guide, write to Anthropology Outreach Office, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, NHB MRC 112, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 or email to anthroutreach@nmnh.si.edu.
- Download the Instructors Guide.
EXAMINATION COPY FOR CLASSROOM USE
For examination copies or classroom adoptions, call HarperCollins at 1-800-242-7737. Anthropology Explored's ISBN # is: 588340937.
ANTHROPOLOGY EXPLORED: Revised and Expanded
Contents:
FORWARD. David W. McCurdy
THE ART OF ANTHROPOLOGY. A Note from the Artist, Robert L. Humphrey
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Ruth Osterweis Selig
INTRODUCTION. Investigating the Origins, Nature, and Cultures of Humankind. Ruth Osterweis Selig
INVESTIGATING OUR ORIGINS AND VARIATION
- "Ape-ing" Language: Communicating with Our Closest Relatives
Kathleen D. Gordon
Teaching chimpanzees to communicate may shed light on the evolution of human language - Are Humans Inherently Violent?
Robert W. Sussman
Assessing the role that learning and aggression play in chimpanzee and human society - One Man's Search for Human Origins
Ruth Osterweis Selig and Rick Potts
A pioneering approach and theory of human evolution, with an update by Rick Potts - New Research in Early Human Origins 7 to 1 Million Years Ago
Alison S. Brooks and Rick Potts
New evidence of variety, adaptability, and sophistication among our earliest ancestors - The Emergence of Modern Humans
Alison S. Brooks
DNA and other studies help answer where, when, and why modern humans first appeared - The Real Flintstones: Artists' Depictions of Human Ancestors
Diane Gifford-Gonzalez
The accuracy of artistic renderings of prehistoric human life - Stories Bones Tell
Kathleen D. Gordon
Case studies of victim identification, diet, and human migrations reflect use of new technologies - Disease in Human Evolution
George J. Armelagos, Kathleen C. Barnes, and James Lin
The resistance of many infections to antibiotics today is seen as the latest major health crisis in human history - The Moche: An Ancient Peruvian People
John W. Verano
New evidence of ritual human sacrifice among the Moche of Peru, 1,200 years before the Inca - America's MIAs: Forensic Anthropology in Action
Robert W. Mann and Thomas D. Holland
Recovering and repatriating American service members (POWs/MIAs) lost in past wars - A New Way to Look at Race
Boyce Rensberger
People are the same in all essentials but highly diverse in a few things - Race and Ethnicity
Alison S. Brooks, Fatimah L. C. Jackson, and R. Richard Grinker
Decoding the human genome impacts studies of variation; ethnicity helps define identity in the United States
EXAMINING OUR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAST
- Agricultural Origins in the Ancient World
Melinda A. Zeder
High-speed computers help solve the mysteries of how agriculture first developed - Progress? The Facts of Ancient Life
Mark N. Cohen
The view that ancient human nutrition declined and disease increased creates debate - Ethnoarchaeology Among the Efe: African Hunter-Gatherers
John W. Fisher Jr.
A traditional people help archaeologists interpret ancient sites and understand globalization's impact - The Vikings: Old Views and New Findings
William W. Fitzhugh
New archaeological evidence changing old stereotypes and misconceptions - Who Got to America First? Fact and Fiction
Stephen Williams
Controversial evidence and lack of evidence for early contacts with the Americas - Researching the First Americans: One Archaeologist's Journey
Ruth Osterweis Selig and Dennis J. Stanford
Searching for the first Americans, with an update by Dennis Stanford on possible Atlantic crossings - The First South Americans: Archaeology at Monte Verde
Tom D. Dillehay
Humans living in Chile as early as 12,500 years ago, as documented at the Monte Verde site - Who Were the Ancient Maya?
Jeremy A. Sabloff
New research changes traditional views of Maya history and accomplishments - Origins of Agriculture in Eastern North America
Ruth Osterweis Selig and Bruce D. Smith
Discovering a new independent center of agricultural origins, with an update by the researcher profiled - East Meets West: New View of Arctic Peoples
William W. Fitzhugh
Eskimo cultures through time, with new insights into global warming and the environment - The Archaeology of African American Life
Theresa A. Singleton
New research directions and theoretical frameworks by a leading specialist in an increasingly important field
EXPLORING OUR MANY CULTURES
- Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Rights
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Anthropology's core belief in cultural relativism challenged by concerns with human rights - Andean Women: United We Sit
Catherine J. Allen
Traditional Peruvian community proves invisibility does not always mean lack of power - Identity in Colonial Northern Mexico
William L. Merrill
The role language can play in retaining identity, in a case study from northern Mexico - Whose Past Is It Anyway? Plains Indian History
Loretta Fowler
Understanding culture change in three related Plains Indian tribes in Wyoming, Montana, and Oklahoma - Native Americans and Smithsonian Research
JoAllyn Archambault and William C. Sturtevant
Preserving North American Indian cultures, languages, and history - The Silk Road: A Global Cultural Economy
Richard Kurin
Cultural traditions flourish along the Silk Road, an ancient complex of trade routes - Refugees: Worldwide Displacement and International Response
Stephen C. Lubkemann
One of the international community's most pressing moral and ethnical dilemmas - Linguistic Survival Among the Maya
Robert M. Laughlin
The inspiring story of bringing literacy to the descendants of the Maya in Chiapas, Mexico - From Tattoo to Piercing: Body Art as Visual Language
Enid Schildkrout and Adrienne L. Kaeppler
Adorning the body, illustrated by various types of body art and a Polynesian case study - Medicine, Law, and Education: Applied Linguistics
P. Ann Kaupp and Roger W. Shuy
Assisting doctors, lawyers, teachers, and the general public, with an update by applied linguist Roger Shuy - The Repatriation Mandate: A Clash of World Views
Tamara L. Bray
Native Americans, physical anthropologists, and archaeologists view repatriation differently - Museums and Repatriation: One Case Study
William T. Billeck
Repatriation issues and examples from the National Museum of Natural History - Aging: An Anthropological Perspective
Alison S. Brooks and Patricia Draper
How different cultures treat aging and the aged reflects social values and customs
CONTRIBUTORS.
INDEX.