Anthropologists were quick to recognize the potential of new techniques in molecular
biology to provide additional lines of evidence on questions long investigated in …

Does sexuality have a past? A growing body of archaeological research on sexuality
demonstrates that the sexual politics of the past were as richly varied and complex as those …

War is a highly complex and dynamic form of social conflict. This book demonstrates the
importance of using sociological tools to understand the changing character of war and …

The social anthropology of death 21 Cross-cultural generalizations and the New
Archaeology's search for middle range theory 27 Funerary practices: agency, power and …

From advertising to health education campaigns, sex and sexual imagery now permeate
every aspect of culture. Striptease Culture explores the'sexualization'of contemporary life …

Abstract [This book presents] explanations of motivation, using an eclectic framework that
balances biological, behavioral, and cognitive theories. Not only are these theories …

Gender and Archaeology is the first volume to critically review the development of this now
key topic internationally, across a range of periods and material culture.^ l Roberta Gilchrist …

Iron Age Myth and Materiality: an Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000 considers the
relationship between myth and materiality in Scandinavia from the beginning of the post …

Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the
ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In …

Anthropolgy and Archaeology provides a valuable and much-needed introduction to the
theories and methods of these two inter-related subjects. This volume covers the historical …