Browse by Subject: Anthropology and Archaeology

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The Archaeology of American Capitalism

Christopher Matthews offers a fresh look at the historic material culture and social meaning of capitalism in this wide-ranging and compelling study. 

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Island Shores, Distant Pasts: Archaeological and Biological Approaches to the Pre-Columbian Settlement of the Caribbean

This unique collection synthesizes our archaeological and biological knowledge about the pre-Columbian settlement of the Caribbean and highlights the various techniques we can use to analyze human migration and settlement patterns throughout history.

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Natives, Europeans, and Africans in Colonial Campeche: History and Archaeology

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The Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America

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Cultural Heritage Management: A Global Perspective

From international law to artifact preservation to site interpretation, there is a wide variety of approaches to the management of our cultural heritage. Combining the voices of scholars and practitioners, the book provides a much-needed diversity of voices and perspectives from people steeped in the issues that directly affect the future of the past.

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AIDS, Culture, and Gay Men

There are approximately seven million adult gay and bisexual men in the United States and 120 million adult gay and bisexual men globally. This highly readable volume of original essays explores the cultural dimensions of AIDS among men who have sex with men (MSM).

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Bioarchaeology of Ethnogenesis in the Colonial Southeast

This work offers a different perspective on Florida’s indigenous tribes, one that is explicitly interdisciplinary in inferring the formation of a new ethnic consciousness among La Florida’s indigenous communities.

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Mississippian Mortuary Practices: Beyond Hierarchy and the Representationist Perspective

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The Archaeology of American Labor and Working-Class Life

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Ethnographies and Archaeologies: Iterations of the Past

Ethnographies and Archaeologies explores the many different ways that the archaeological past is used to create meaning in the present.