Pastoral nomadism encompasses an array of specialized knowledge concerned with the
daily rhythms and long-term tempos of caring for herd animals in order to extract subsistence …

Almost a century of systematic anthropological research on pastoral nomads has produced
significant data and theory for understanding these mobile societies. Substantially less …

For many years, studies of peasants and pastoralists have run in parallel, creating mutual
blind-spots. This article argues that, despite contrasting research traditions and conceptual …

The Hungry Steppe examines one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime, the
Kazakh famine of 1930–33. More than 1.5 million people perished in this famine, a quarter …

Grasslands, in particular managed pastures and rangelands, are widespread, covering
approximately 40%(52 million km²) of the Earth's land surface. They are dominated by …

A comprehensive, systematic, analytically unified, and interdisciplinary treatment of energy
in nature and society, from solar radiation and photosynthesis to our fossil fuelled civilization …

Now with SAGE Publishing! Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective delves into both
classic and current research in the field, reflecting a commitment to anthropology's holistic …

As exemplified by Viking and Bronze Age societies in northern Europe, we model the
political dynamics of raiding, trading, and slaving as a maritime mode of production. It …

By the late third/early second millennium BC, increased interconnectivity in the mountains of
Central Asia linked populations across Eurasia. This increasing interaction would later …

The mechanisms that link herding regions to cultures of honor have never been empirically
tested. The objective of the present article is to show the important role that issues of status …