Resultados de búsqueda: Archeology / Anthropology from About Books

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. Clothbound hardcover. Appears unread - fresh and crisp. Near Fine condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with map, and a few photographs. Bibliography. Originally issued in softcover, this copy has been professionally rebound in full cloth. The title and author's name are imprinted in type on the spine. The binder has preserved the book's original front wrapper by mounting it on the cloth cover. This is a desirable copy, especially for those who prefer a hardcover binding. First Printing, with complete number row (987654321) on copyright page. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Binder's cloth/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. x, 132pp.

Princeton, New Jersey: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2005. Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Inadvertent creases to the corner of two leaves. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Photos. Tables. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "This new and very important collection of essays reinterprets and updates the history of New York's Puerto Rican community and its leaders from the beginnings of the great migration in the 1940s to the present time. The collection also honors the memory of the late Dr. Antonia Pantoja, who was perhaps the community's most important and influential activist and institution builder during this period. The book is organized in chronological order and includes chapters by noted historians, sociologists, and political scientists, such as Virginia Sanchez Korrol, Ana Celia Zentella, Jose Cruz, Francisco Rivera Batiz, and Gabriel Haslip-Viera. These chapters focus on issues of culture, demography,… Leer más

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966. 6" wide by 9" tall. Previous owner's name else Very Good condition. Synopsis: The first settlements, hunters and farmers, potters, metalworkers, the megalithic culture. Bibliography. Original red wrappers. . First Printing of the Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good condition. 48pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Vancouver & Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1985. Appears unread. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. Spine of jacket is sunned (as often), but uniformly so. NO chips, tears or creases. The jacket is protected by a removable clear-plastic sleeve. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with maps and b/w photos. List of chapter notes/bibliographical reference. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped biege boards. From the dust jacket: "The heyday of anthropological collecting on the Northwest Coast took place between 1875, when James Swan was collecting for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, and the Great Depression, when publicand private funds largely collaped. The scramble for skulls and skeletons, poles, canoes, baskets, feast bowls, and masks went on until it seemed that almost everything not nailed down or… Leer más

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Hardcover. Appears unread - fresh and crisp. Near Fine condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Originally issued in softcover, this copy has been professionally rebound in full cloth. The title and author's name are imprinted in type on the spine. The binder has preserved the book's original front wrapper by mounting it on the cloth cover. This is a desirable copy, especially for those who prefer a hardcover binding. As noted in the Foreword, this is "an updating and revision" of the work first published by Yale UP in 1960. "In this revision she gives us two new chapters... and has rewitten portions of two other chapters..." First Printing, with complete number row (123456789) on copyright page.. First Printing of New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Binder's cloth/No Dust Jacket.… Leer más

Ithaca and London:: Cornell University Press, 1994. 6" wide by 9" tall. A bright, shiny copy. Sharp corners. The spine is square and flat. No creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp - apparently never read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with a portrait of Dr. Leeds and a few of his professionally exhibited photographs. Includes the first publication in English of an important essay by Leeds on Karl Marx. A volume from THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES series. Bibliographical references. Index. From the rear cover: "CITIES, CLASSES, AND THE SOCIAL ORDER brings together nine conceptual and theoretical essays by a leading anthropologist, Anthony Leeds (1925-1989). Leed's pioneering work in the anthropology of complex societies was built on formative personal and research experiences in both urban and rural settings in the United States, Brazil, Venezuela, and Portugal...… Leer más

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. NOT a library discard. Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Arcturus Books Edition, April 1968. Illustrated with a map, 35 figures, and 28 plates. Forty-four!! (44) appendices. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in dark blue.. Arcturus Books Edition, April 1968. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket. 8vo. xxiv, 618pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

London & New York: Routledge, 2022. Appears unread. Fine condition. Flat spine. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes Bound in the original green pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "COLLABORATIONS responds to the growing pressure on the humanities and social sciences to justify their impact and utility after cuts in public spending, and the introduction of neoliberal values into academia. Arguing 'in defense of' anthropology, the editors demonstrate the continued importance of the discipline and reveal how it contributes towards solving major problems in contemporary society. They also illustrate how anthropology can not only survive but thrive under these conditions. Moreover, COLLABORATIONS shows that collaboration with other disciplines is the key to anthropology's… Leer más

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1965. Fine condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Fresh and crisp, probably unread. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Originally issued in softcover, this copy has been professionally rebound in full cloth. The title and author's name are imprinted in type on the spine. The binder has preserved the book's original front wrapper by mounting it on the cloth cover. This is a desirable copy, especially for those who prefer a hardcover binding. This is NOT the 1972 Peter Smith reprint.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Binder's cloth/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. xii, 349pp.

Washington D.C: Counterpoint, 1997. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket (only lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears, or fading. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Previous owner's name/address on front free endpaper. All other pages are clean and unmarked. 1997. First Edition with "First Printing" so stated and complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. The author spent three years "studying relationships among cultural diversity, community stability, and the conservations of biological diversity in natural habitats" after "recogniziing a surprising correlation between upheavals in human communities and the incidence of endangered species." -- quotes from the jacket. Bound in the original beige boards with a maroon cloth spine stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "A… Leer más

Cambridge, Massachusetts:: The MIT Press, 1971. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (12.50). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with diagrams and a few photographs of equipment. Graphs. Tables. Foreword by Froelich Rainey. A field book for "diggers" with detailed advice on properly collecting and preparing samples. There are 7 chapters: 1) carbon-14 dating; 2) archaelogical applications of tree ring dating; 3) archaeomagnetic dating [especially useful for ceramic objects]; 4) thermoluminescent dating of pottery; 5) fission track dating; 6) potassium-argon dating; 7) obsidian hydration dating. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original red cloth, lettered in shiny silver on the spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./VG DJ (a few closed tears). 8vo. xii, 227pp. .

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Moravian Press, 1951. A beautiful copy of the 1951 edition that appears unread. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. NOT priced or clipped. NO chips, creases, rubbing. The jacket is protected by a removable Demco clear-plastic sleeve. Bright and shiny. Square and tight. Brief gift note. Pages are otherwise fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom, if ever read. 1951 is imprinted on both title and copyright page. Much on the Inuits. Map endpapers. Illustrated with drawings and photos. Has a 2-page appendix listing Moravian missionaries in Alaska. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Complete with dust jacket. . 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xv, 264pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1974. HARDCOVER first edition. Near Fine condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp and unmarked. With 44 illustrations/maps/plans in the text and 122 b/w photos on 64 unnumbered pages of glossy stock. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original dark green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the publisher: "Dame Kathleen begins by giving the historical background to the momentous exceptions which she directed during 1961- 1967: the founding of the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1865 and then often horrifying difficulties met by the earlier explorers, notably Charles Warren and F.J. Bliss, in the teeth apathy and obstruction. Their explorations by shafts and tunnels made notable discoveries about the topography of Jerusalem but could not provide dating evidence. Subsequent chapters describe the layout of Biblical Jerusalem and the problems that the excavations attempted to solve:… Leer más

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with 29 photos and drawings. From the Dust Jacket: "In Digging through Darkness, Carmel Schrire interweaves art and fact to recreate a distant world. She combines autobiography, historical archaeology, and fictional reconstructions to explore the roots and consequences of colonial conquest in Africa, Australia, and the Pacific." Chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Original red cloth. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. x, 276pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Manila, Philippines: Anvil Publishing, Inc, 1997. Very Good condition (light cover wear), Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears or fading. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original pictorial wraps.. Second printing of the 1995 original. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xxviii, 332pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Clothbound hardcover. Appears unread - fresh and crisp. Near Fine condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with map, and a few photographs. Glossary. Bibliography. Originally issued in softcover, this copy has been professionally rebound in full cloth. The title and author's name are imprinted in type on the spine. The binder has preserved the book's original front wrapper by mounting it on the cloth cover. This is a desirable copy, especially for those who prefer a hardcover binding. A volume in the CASE STUDIES IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY series, George and Louise Spindler, general editors. . Third printing. Hardcover. Binder's cloth/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. xii, 100pp.

San Francisco, California: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1973. A very attractive copy of a book tough-to-find in the publisher's hardcover binding, especially in Fine collectible condition. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Well illustrated with photos and diagrams, some in color. A volume in the series: Readings from Scientific American. Articles originally appeared between 1951 and 1973. Partial contents: The Bering Strait Land Bridge; Early Man in the Arctic; A Stone Age Campsite; The Early Americans; Elephant-Hunting in North America; Early Man in the Andes; Early Man in South America; A Paleo-Indian Bison Kill. Contributors: William G. Haag; Ralph Solecki; J. L. Giddings; Douglas D. Anderson; Frank H. H. Roberts; C. Vance Haynes; William J. Mayer-Oakes; Edward P. Lanning, Thomas C. Patterson; Joe Ben Wheat, and Richard S MacNeish. Bibliographies. Index. Original tan-colored, pictorial cloth. . First… Leer más

New York: Times Books, 1979. Near Fine condition in Very Good+ dust jacket. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($10.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Map endpapers and 31 illustrations. From the Dust Jacket: "The story of the discovery of a lost 4,500 year-old city and empire in Syria and its sensational impact on Biblical history... The greatest archaeological discovery of the generation, perhaps of the century... the lost kingdom of Ebla, missing for the past 4,500 years. Located in northwestern Syria, it has been excavated since 1964 by team of Italian archaeologists... Elba's royal archive, nearly 20,000 clay tablets written in two languages, one a hitherto unknown Semitic dialect. It has been rated with the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Rosetta Stone as an archaeological landmark... fleshing out the skeletons of a long-lost civilization, a vast commercial and cultural empire of a quarter… Leer más

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1998. Hardcover edition. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 18 figures. 11 tables. First Edition with "First Printing" so stated, and complete number row (654321) on the copyright page. Two appendices. List of references cited. Index. Bound in the original pinkish purple cloth, stamped in bright silver on the spine. Tiny remainder mark ("UAP") on edge. From the publisher: "Russell J. Barber and Frances F. Berdan have created the ultimate guide for anyone doing cross-cultural and/or document-driven research. Presenting the essentials of primary-source methodology, THE EMPEROR'S MIRROR includes nine chapters on paleography, calendrics, source and quantitative analysis, and the visual interpretation of artifacts such as pictographs, illustrations, and maps. As an introduction to… Leer más

Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 2007. NEW in a NEW dust jacket. Near PERFECT condition. The jacket shows just a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO tears, creases, chips or fading. NOT price clipped ($26.95). Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original silver-stamped red cloth. From the publisher: "THE ESKIMO GIRL AND THE ENGLISHMAN is a sequel to the delightful story Once UPON AN ESKIMO TIME, which recounts the remarkable life of Minnie and her Eskimo mother as she comes of age in a traditional village on Alaska's western coast. Resuming the tale on the day Minnie encounters her first white man, THE ESKIMO GIRL AND THE ENGLISHMAN relates the next century of Minnie's adventurous life -- painting a picture of early twentieth-century village life as Minnie and her Englishman marry and find the determination, strength, and courage… Leer más