A motley group’s long trek across the prairies, witnessing the land, reflecting on the past, and creating new paths for ......more
A motley group’s long trek across the prairies, witnessing the land, reflecting on the past, and creating new paths for ......more
Over the past decade, people have learned about oil contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon through "Toxic Tours" in whic......more
Multimodal Methods in Anthropology takes readers through historical and contemporary sites of multimodality and introduc......more
Multimodal Methods in Anthropology takes readers through historical and contemporary sites of multimodality and introduc......more
Migration journeys are arduous, with migrants tormented by risk, abuse, threats, and xenophobia. Shelters, staffed by hu......more
Migration journeys are arduous, with migrants tormented by risk, abuse, threats, and xenophobia. Shelters, staffed by hu......more
This book presents the culmination of a 14-year pathbreaking research project examining the risks of civilisation collap......more
This book presents the culmination of a 14-year pathbreaking research project examining the risks of civilisation collap......more
Alfred M Tozzer, a very influential voice in the field of Maya during the early half of the twentieth century, proposed ......more
In Making Value, Timothy D. Taylor examines how people’s conceptions of value inform and shape their production and cons......more
In Making Value, Timothy D. Taylor examines how people’s conceptions of value inform and shape their production and cons......more
The ancient Egyptian Civilization dominated the northeast corner of Africa-including modern-day Egypt and, at times, nor......more
What would it have been like to walk down the streets of Viking Age Dublin a thousand years ago? What would you have see......more
Julian Munby has gained a reputation over half a century in many branches of archaeological and historical knowledge, fr......more
In 2014-2016 the Finnish-Swedish Archaeological Project in Mesopotamia (FSAPM) initiated a pilot study of an unexplored ......more
Ajanta’s Evolution: From Savakayana to Bodhisatvayana amid Hunnic Turmoil offers a new scholarly exploration of the rock......more
Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation presents a synthesis of what is currently known about health, disease and ......more
The first book to explore the deaths of explorer Jules Crevaux and his crew from an Indigenous perspective. In 1882, the......more
Translocality, Entrepreneurship and Middle Class Across Eurasia is a comprehensive, multi-sited ethnography about the un......more
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This book firmly positions lived experience-led expertise as a unique and compelling form of knowledge in decolonising a......more
This book firmly positions lived experience-led expertise as a unique and compelling form of knowledge in decolonising a......more
Exploring the meanings in the intricate symbolism of a rare Precolumbian manuscript This book explores the rich symbol......more
The deep and personal story--told through history, poetry, and images--of the forced displacement of the Sámi people fro......more
How a new paradigm of self-sufficiency is about to force a reinvention of all social parameters. The world is marked by ......more
Illustrated essays that consider emergent consistencies and overarching issues that defined the first decade of e-flux j......more
A timeless psychological study of a young man’s deep alienation from society. Set in the early 20th century, Kokoro open......more
Based on the life histories of indigenous women, the volume establishes a bridge between the classical anthropological s......more
Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of m......more
Settler Ecologies reveals how settler colonialism impacts and endures through ecological relations....more
A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfare--and why we must resi......more
Duana Fullwiley has penned an intimate chronicle of laboratory life in the genomic age. She presents many of the influen......more
Duana Fullwiley has penned an intimate chronicle of laboratory life in the genomic age. She presents many of the influen......more
On a remote island in the South Pacific, the Lavongai have consistently struggled to obtain development through logging ......more
Mr. Sweet Potatoes, and Other Stories, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and......more
Some Heroes of Travel, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this wo......more
Titanic, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never fo......more
The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory, Ninth Edition, is an engaging and up-to-date chronological......more
Excerpt from The Progress of Ethnology Of the first class of works, it has been sufficiently demonstrated, that a small ......more
A heterodox compendium of "beasts of waste," playfully re-imagining the medieval treatise on various kinds of animals. W......more
A heterodox compendium of "beasts of waste," playfully re-imagining the medieval treatise on various kinds of animals. W......more
This open access book tells stories of conviviality, solidarity, and everyday management of conflicts and tensions, by b......more
This book explores Muslim communities in Southeast Asia and the integration of Islamic culture with the diverse ethnic c......more
This book explores Muslim communities in Southeast Asia and the integration of Islamic culture with the diverse ethnic c......more
In Incommunicable, Charles L. Briggs examines the long-standing presumptions that medical discourse translates easily ac......more
In Incommunicable, Charles L. Briggs examines the long-standing presumptions that medical discourse translates easily ac......more
Grounded in anthropological comparison and the concept of materiality, this book offers an in-depth ethnographic study o......more
How do Christians make relationships with land central to their faith? How have the realities of materiality, geography,......more
The Middle Ages was an era of dynamic social transformation, and notions of disability in medieval culture reflected how......more
In this volume, sustainable creative industries become a beacon for innovative change, forging a path towards a consciou......more
This book draws on transpersonal anthropology and psychology in order to explore mild altered states of consciousness (A......more
Bringing together major scholars, Between Life and Thought explores the burgeoning subfield of existential anthropology ......more
This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial perio......more
This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial perio......more
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An examination of planning, place, and the politics of repair in post-genocide Rwanda. Master Plans and Minor Acts exami......more
An examination of planning, place, and the politics of repair in post-genocide Rwanda. Master Plans and Minor Acts exami......more
This book addresses the emergence of ’protest memory’ as a powerful contemporary shaper of ideas and practices in cultur......more
Everyone wants to be and to feel at home. Yet, being homely requires a space or place where one can admit feeling famili......more
Independence, Colonial Relics, and Monuments in the Caribbean is a collection of critical perspectives on independence a......more
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The ancient elite of Asyut was buried in the mountains above the city in the necropolis of the Western Mountain. The Geb......more
The Levites in the book of Deuteronomy are portrayed in the cultic and social spheres of Israel. According to the prevai......more
Bringing together major scholars, Between Life and Thought explores the burgeoning subfield of existential anthropology ......more
This groundbreaking study of the origins of capitalism in Castile sheds important new light on a number of historiograph......more
A beautiful, full-color graphic version of Eric Cline’s bestselling 1177 B.C., adapted by award-winning author-illustrat......more
The Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (1886-1889), directed by Frank Hamilton Cushing, was the first priva......more
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In this book, Carl Niekerk probes the origins of modern anthropology in the European Enlightenment, foregrounding how th......more
Examining dynamic interactions between humans and island environments This volume explores the impacts humans have made ......more
You are more than your job. Optimize your happiness, bank account, personal growth, with this practical playbook to achi......more
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - From one of the world’s most distinguished anthropologists, an important and timely work of cu......more
A chronicle of a unique waterscape and how its inhabitants navigated, claimed, and reshaped the region. Few maritime lan......more
This book is a collection of 13 essays centering on supernatural serials such as television programs, video games, anime......more
Turns the familiar story of trafficking across the US-Mexico border on its head, looking at firearms smuggled south from......more
After a long struggle, Jewish emancipation was formally completed in Germany in 1871, when Wilhelm I abolished religious......more
After a long struggle, Jewish emancipation was formally completed in Germany in 1871, when Wilhelm I abolished religious......more
Kuah explores the centrality of ancestors and ancestor worship of the Chinese in the Diaspora Chinese and China universe......more
The Tinguian: Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe, a classical book, has been considered importan......more
Worcester is one of England’s great historic cities, with a history of occupation that goes back to the Iron Age. It was......more
The period between 1500 and the present day has directly formed the world we live in. Growing population, increased urba......more
Catholicism and Native Americans in Early North America interrogates the profound cultural impacts of Catholic policies ......more
Khirbet Qumran and Ain-Feshkha III A: For 60 years Qumran research has been focused on epigraphy, exegesis, and the hist......more
In Belfast Imaginary: Art and Urban Reinvention, Katharine Keenan argues for the reimagining of place in Belfast, Northe......more
In Metropolitan Intimacies: An Ethnography on the Poetics of Daily Life, Francisco Cruces examines intimacy and meaning-......more
How are natures and animals integrated inclusively into research projects through Multispecies Ethnography? While preced......more
The "anthropological turn" in ethnomusicology is generally associated with Alan P. Merriam’s "Anthropology of music" (19......more
In this book, the late Richard Redding synthesizes his decades-long work on the ancient agricultural economy of Egypt. D......more
Colonial Immigrants in a British City (1979) analyses the relationship between West Indian and Asian immigrants and the ......more
Revealing the resiliency of Nahua culture and language while highlighting the adaptations and changes they have undergon......more
Revealing the resiliency of Nahua culture and language while highlighting the adaptations and changes they have undergon......more
This is a narrative of struggle and solidarity and a collective toolkit for grassroots opposition to the twenty-first ce......more
This book investigates the intersection of technology and heritage, focusing on the use of immersive techniques (digital......more
The study of childhood in historical archaeology enriches interpretations of the past, but also has the potential for co......more
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This open access book aims to provide an overview of state-of-the-art approaches to 3D documentation from a practical pe......more