Human Antiquity: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology

Human Antiquity: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
ISBN-10
1559346841
ISBN-13
9781559346849
Series
Human Antiquity
Category
Social Science / Anthropology / Physical
Pages
535
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Mayfield Publishing Company
Authors
Kenneth L. Feder, Michael Alan Park

Description

Where did we come from? To answer this question, anthropologists reconstruct the human past and study the human present from both biological and cultural perspectives. "Human Antiquity" offers an absorbing, straightforward explanation of human origins and evolution by thoroughly integrating physical anthropology and archaeology. Co-authors Kenneth Feder and Michael Park combine the ideas, methods, and knowledge from both biological anthropology and archaeology into a unified effort: Feder is an archeologist who conducts surveys, excavations, and analyses to understand the native inhabitants of New England; Park is a biological anthropologist interested in the application of evolutionary theory to the biological history of our species. .

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