The Story of Renfrew

The Story of Renfrew

Author: W E Smallfield

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-20

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9789354029547

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Quaternary Dating Methods

Quaternary Dating Methods

Author: Mike Walker

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1118700090

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This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods. Coverage includes: the concept of time in Quaternary Science and related fields the history of dating from lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy the development and application of radiometric methods different methods in dating: radiometric dating, incremental dating, relative dating and age equivalence Presented in a clear and straightforward manner with the minimum of technical detail, this text is a great introduction for both students and practitioners in the Earth, Environmental and Archaeological Sciences. Praise from the reviews: "This book is a must for any Quaternary scientist." SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, September 2006 “...very well organized, clearly and straightforwardly written and provides a good overview on the wide field of Quaternary dating methods...” JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, January 2007


The Company of Strangers

The Company of Strangers

Author: Paul Seabright

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780691118215

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This is a wonderful book, very well written and accessible to a wide audience.


Claiming the Stones, Naming the Bones

Claiming the Stones, Naming the Bones

Author: Elazar Barkan

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2003-01-09

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 0892366737

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These fourteen essays address controversies over a variety of cultural properties, exploring them from perspectives of law, archeology, physical anthropology, ethnobiology, ethnomusicology, history, and cultural and literary study. The book divides cultural property into three types: Tangible, unique property like the Parthenon marbles; intangible property such as folktales, music, and folk remedies; and communal "representations," which have lead groups to censor both outsiders and insiders as cultural traitors.


The Story of Renfrew: From the Coming of the First Settlers about 1820

The Story of Renfrew: From the Coming of the First Settlers about 1820

Author: Smallfield W. E. (William Elgood)

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-03

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780526418749

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A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians

A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians

Author: Thomas Biolsi

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-03-10

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 1405182881

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This Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point. Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger frameworks Explores anthropology’s contribution to knowledge, its historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its political and ethical obligations toward the people 'studied'