Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface ix
• General Introduction xiii
• Part 1 - Humanity 1
• 1 - Introduction to Humanity 3
• Further Reading 13
• 2 - Humanity and Animality 14
• 3 - The Evolution of Early Hominids 33
• 4 - Human Evolution: The Last One Million Years 79
• 5 - The Origins and Evolution of Language 108
• References 129
• 6 - Tools and Tool Behaviour 133
• 7 - Niche Construction, Evolution and Culture 162
• 8 - Modes of Subsistence: Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture and Pastoralism 197
• 9 - The Diet and Nutrition of Human Populations 226

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface ix
• General Introduction xiii
• Part 1 - Humanity 1
• 1 - Introduction to Humanity 3
• Further Reading 13
• 2 - Humanity and Animality 14
• 3 - The Evolution of Early Hominids 33
• 4 - Human Evolution: The Last One Million Years 79
• 5 - The Origins and Evolution of Language 108
• References 129
• 6 - Tools and Tool Behaviour 133
• 7 - Niche Construction, Evolution and Culture 162
• 8 - Modes of Subsistence: Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture and Pastoralism 197
• 9 - The Diet and Nutrition of Human Populations 226
• References 257
• 10 - Demographic Expansion: Causes and Consequences 265
• 11 - Disease and the Destruction of Indigenous Populations 297
• References 321
• Part 2 - Culture 327
• 12 - Introduction to Culture 329
• Further Reading 348
• 13 - Why Animals Have Neither Culture nor History 350
• Further Reading 365
• 14 - Symbolism: The Foundation of Culture 366
• References 392
• 15 - Artefacts and the Meaning of Things 396
• 16 - Technology 420
• References 453
• 17 - Spatial Organization and the Built Environment 460
• 18 - Perceptions of Time 503
• References 524
• 19 - Aspects of Literacy 527
• 20 - Magic, Religion and the Rationality of Belief 563
• 21 - Myth and Metaphor 591
• 22 - Ritual and Performance 613
• References 645
• 23 - The Anthropology of Art 648
• 24 - Music and Dance 686
• 25 - The Politics of Culture: Ethnicity and Nationalism 706
• References 728
• Part 3 - Social Life 735
• 26 - Introduction to Social Life 737
• Further Reading 754
• 27 - Sociality among Humans and Non-Human Animals 756
• 28 - Rules and Prohibitions: The Form and Content of Human Kinship 783
• 29 - Understanding Sex and Gender 813
• 30 - Socialization, Enculturation and the Development of Personal Identity 831
• 31 - Social Aspects of Language Use 861
• 32 - Work, the Division of Labour and Co-Operation 891
• 33 - Exchange and Reciprocity 911
• 34 - Political Domination and Social Evolution 940
• References 958
• 35 - Law and Dispute Processes 962
• Further Reading 982
• 36 - Collective Violence and Common Security 983
• 37 - Inequality and Equality 1010
• Notes 1036
• Further Reading 1039
• 38 - The Nation State, Colonial Expansion and the Contemporary World Order 1040
• Index 1067