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Book of Peoples of the World: A Guide to Cultures by Wade Davis and K. David Harrison, eds; with Catherine Herbert Howell
Call Number: GN378 .P4616 2007
Publication Date: 2007
Contains brief descriptions, color photographs, and maps of more than 150 ethnic groups.
Countries, Peoples and Cultures by Salem Press
Call Number: GN307 .C687 2015
Publication Date: 2015
This series provides valuable insight into the social, cultural, economic, historical, and religious practices and beliefs of nearly every nation around the globe.
Cultural Anthropology: 101 by Jack David Eller
Call Number: GN316 .E446 2015
Publication Date: 2015
This concise and accessible introduction establishes the relevance of cultural anthropology for the modern world through an integrated, ethnographically informed approach.

Applied Evolutionary Anthropology by Mhairi A. Gibson (Editor); David W. Lawson (Editor)
ISBN: 9781493902804
Publication Date: 2014
As a species, we are currently experiencing dramatic shifts in our lifestyle, family structure, health, and global contact. Evolutionary Anthropology provides a powerful theoretical framework to study such changes, revealing how current environments and legacies of past selection shape human diversity.
Companion Encyclopaedia of Anthropology by Tim Ingold
ISBN: 9781003209263
Publication Date: 2021-12-24
This comprehensive survey of contemporary thought in biological, social and cultural anthropology sets the foundation for their future development and integration.
The Dictionary of Anthropology by Thomas J. Barfield, ed.
Publication Date: 2000
Contains over 500 entries written by 125 scholars covering a broad range of anthropological concepts.
Encyclopedia of Archaeology by Deborah M. Pearsall
ISBN: 9780123736437
Publication Date: 2008
Encyclopedia of Paleontology by Ronald Singer, ed.
Publication Date: 1999
Provides basic information in 350 entries containing explanations of paleontological concepts and techniques, examinations of the development of particular organisms, profiles of major discoveries, and biographies of leading scientists.
Peoples, Nations and Cultures by John MacKenzie
Publication Date: 2005
A unique and comprehensive look at some 1,500 of the world's peoples--from the earliest times to the present--offers a fascinating exploration of our planet's cultural and ethnic diversity. Africa, the Americas, Europe, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania all receive individual sections, with maps and entries arranged in A-to-Z form.
The Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies by Chris Barker
Publication Date: 2004
This dictionary provides over 200 entries on the key concepts of cultural studies written in a clear, accessible style.
Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology by Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Publication Date: 2001
This book provides a clear overview of anthropology, focusing on topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems.

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Anthropology
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Culture
Ethnology
Forensic Anthropology
Paleoanthropology
Paleontology
Physical Anthropology

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GT (Manners and Customs)
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