Death, grief and funerary practices are central to any analysis of social, anthropological, artistic and religious worlds. However, cemeteries - the key conceptual and physical site for death - have r
Offers an "anthropologically-oriented" perspective to the discussion of Israel's ethnogenesis. This book traces Israel's emergence in Canaan, and the complex processes of ethnic negotiations and re-ne
This collection of fourteen articles on the lithic history of the Maya civilization examines issues in contemporary anthropology and archeology surrounding the use of stone in this Central American em
Cannon (anthropology, McMaster U., Canada) is editor of this volume and also a contributor. He provides introductory and concluding essays and, as his main area of research includes the hunter-fisher-
US anthropologists present the results of original new archaeological, epigraphic, and art historical research in the Mexican states of Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo--the subtropical scrub fores
This volume provides an in-depth study of tribal life in the Near East in the 19th century, exploring how tribes shaped society, economy and politics in the desert, as well as in villages and towns. U
Archaeological research at Kirikongo in Burkina Faso has uncovered a sequence critical to understanding the emergence of corporate political systems world-wide. The political organization of West Afri
Faust (Institute of Archaeology, Bar-Ilan U., Israel) aims to identify the ethnogenesis of the ancient Israelites in Canaan within the context of Iron Age archaeology. W.G. Dever's "New Biblical Archa
Archaeologists based in the US, Ukraine, and Britain report on expeditions in Jordan in 1993 and 1994. They say that the biologic data suggest that Neanderthals were an offshoot of the human lineage,
