Search Results: Anthropology/Ethnology from 100 POCKETS

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997. Revised Editon . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. The story of the Acoma Pueblo, one of the oldest continuously inhabited community in the U.S. Many believe the name "Acoma" is a derivative the Keresan words meaning the People of the White Rock --- hence the title of this volume. Located on a sandstone mesa some 60 miles west of Albuquerque, Acoma is a living gem. Augmented with photographs, the chapters are: 1, The Legend of Katzimo; 2, The Place; 3, The People; 4, Their Way of Life; and, 5, Ascent of the Enchanted Mesa.

New York, NY: Free Press/Macmillan Inc., 1991. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/New. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. Gift inscription from psychologist and anthropologist, co-author Dr. Herbert Barry, III, Emeritus Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Univ of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. Cross-cultural, comparative study of adolescent behavioriol patterns of near 200 pre-industrial societies. Focus on pyschogenic and sociogenic determinants; apparent universal patterns a contribution to developmental and clinical child psychologists. 11 chapters: 1, The Anthropological Study of Adolescence; 2, An Ethological Approach to Human Social Organization; 3, Looking at Adolescent Socialization Across Cultures; 4, Adolescents & Their Families; 5, Peer Groups & Community Participation; 6, Marriage, Mating, & the Duration of Adolescence; 7, Adolescent Sexuality; 8, Violating Cultural Norms; 9, The Adolescent Self; 10, Gender Differences: Final & Proximate… Read More

London: Oxford University Press, 1970. Second Edition . Black Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 10 1/4 x 7 11/16. A comprehensive survey of the subject, well produced by the publisher, and written with distinction by a lecturer in Geography at Cambridge. The chapter headings are: The Physical Environment; Vegetation, Soils, Fauna, Pests, and Diseases; The People; Traditional Herding, Farming, and Fishing; African Prehistory and History; Sudan Republic; The Southern Sahara and its Borderlands; West Africa; The Congo Basin and Cameroon; Ethiopia and Somalia; East Africa; South Central Africa; Indian Ocean Islands; South Africa; and A Summing Up. 15 chapters, 280 pages, with half-tones, 73 figures and tables, Guide to Further Reading, Index, and Geological Table; plus Preface, Contents, List of Figures and Tables, and List of Illustrations; 16 maps in color and Statistical Table at end; color maps on end papers. DJs have one chip and one nip and are price-clipped; rear board is nipped twice at lower edge;… Read More

Berlin: Safari-Verlag, 1956. Printed Beige Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 9/16" Tall. A well-produced study of ancient Mexican cultures, in German. The principal sections are Aztken und Verwandte Volker; Chichimeken und Tolteken; Die Theokratischen Kulturen; and Die Anfange. Four sections, 20 chapters, 616 pages, with Inhalt, Einleitung, "6 Farbtafeln, 193 Fotos auf 120 Tafeln, 309 Zeichnungen im Text und 1 Farbkarte," Ergebnisse und Ausblick, Anhange, Bildernachweis, and Register; Berichtigungen attached to Inhalt. ExLib: markings include DDSCN glued to backstrap, label on lfEP, stamp on title page and three text edges, book due slip on lrEP, and loan pocket on rrEP. Covers are soiled with three bumps; text, apart from ExLib markings, is clean and strong.

Scottsdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1992. 4-Volumes 1992 . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Full 4-Volume set of 1992 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Issues. Quarterly magazines from American Indian Art, devoted to Native American art and crafts. NOTE : this listing is for 4 separate magazine issues. Physical Condition for all 4 magazines: Text: BRAND NEW. Softcovers w/edge & surface wear.

New York, NY: Golden Press, 1960. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Andre Durenceau, et al (Illustrators). Text/Bright, clean, As New. Illustrated linen boards/NF w/light edge rubs. DJ/None. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial history of Native Americans by anthropoligist Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge (1901 - 963), author of 1930 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Laughing Boy.. Text based on "A Pictorial History the American Indian", Crown, 1956; this edition is especially prepared for young readers. Illustrated w/color photos, archival prints, contemporary art, and commisioned paintings by Andre Durenceau ((1904 - 1985). Lucid and thorough presentation; highly rewarding for ault readers as well.

Scottsdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1980. 4-Volume 1980 Set . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Full 4-Volume set of 1980 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter issues. Quarterly magazines from American Indian Art, devoted to Native American art and crafts. NOTE : this listing is for 4 separate magazine issues. Physical Condition for all 4 magazines: Text: BRAND NEW. Softcovers w/light edge & surface wear.

Scottsdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1988. Volume 14, No 1, 1988 . Soft Cover/Magazine. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace edge rubs. Illustrated softcover/detail of Hopi "Kachina" manta. Feature articles include: Waw-No-She's Dance, biography of Hope-Tewa potterNampeyo, and Hopi "Kachina" mantas.

Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 1996. Second Edition; Third Printing . Illustrated Glossy Cardstock. Fine/No Jacket. 9 3/16" Tall. Essays, short stories, poems and oral histories by representatives of numerous of American ethnicities, edited with the objectives of conveying to students an appreciation of the varieties of American culture and of sharpening their critical faculties. Major topics include Initiation (Maya Angelou, Garrison Keilor, Frank Chin); This Land (Ursula K. Le Guin, William Least-Heat Moon, Harvey Milk); New World (Arturo Madrid, Diane Ravitch, Fox Butterfield); and 9 others. Writing Workshops are included with each topic. 714 pages with Introduction, Glossary, Acknowledgements and Index of Authors and Titles, plus xxi pages To The Instructor, To The Student, Contents, and Alternative Rhetorical Contents. Covers and text are clean and as new.

Scottsdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1989. Vol 15, No 2, 3, 4; Vole 16, No 1, 1989 . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. 1989 4-volume set. For all 4 issues: Text/BRAND NEW, w/trace edge rubs. SPRING ISSUE: Zuni, Native-American & Eskimo dolls and miniatures. SUMMER: Native basketry, textiles and artists. AUTUMN: Contemporary Hopi kachina carvings, Howling Wolf ledger drawings. WINTER: Alaskan ivory carver Happy Jack, Heard Museum, Hopi Basketry, Northern Plains beadwork.

Scottdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1987. Volume 13, No 3, 1988 . Soft Cover/Magazine. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace edge rubs. Illustrated softcover/Shaman's rattle. Feature articles include: Artistic Traditions of Canada's First Peoples, Lakota beaded bibles & victory pouches, Guenther & Goodwin Collections of the Arizona State Museum, and wrapped twined baskets of the northwest coast.

Scottsdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1987. Volume 12, No 2, 1987 . Soft Cover/Magazine. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW w/remainder mark to lower text edge. Illustrated softcover/VG w/light edge rubs & faint creasing to lower back corner. COVER ART: Mescalero Apache Shield, c. 1850, painted on buffalo hide. Feature articles include: Navajo Pottery, Old Bering Sea Art, and preservation of tanned-leather art.

Scottsdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1996. Vol 21, No 2, 3, & 4; Vol 22, No 1 of 19 . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Full 4-Volume set of 1996 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Issues. Quarterly magazines from American Indian Art, devoted to Native American art and crafts. For all 4 magazines: Text: BRAND NEW. Softcovers w/trace edge & surface wear.

Scottsdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1995. Volume 20, No 4, Autumn 1995 . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace edge wear. Illustrated softcover/Iroquois 18th century center seam moccasin. Feature articles includes: Blackfeet crooked nose moccasin design, Siberian sources of Alaskan Eskimo coiled basketry, and contemporary Navajo beadwork.

New York, NY: Liveright, 1970. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. J.B. Platt (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/VG; strong & sound w/rrubs & wear to edges and surfaces; price strike-out to upper front corner. Trace soiling to text edges. Numeric numbers to fEP. Classic anthology of traditional American Indian songs and chants with a few from modern times. First published 1918 under the title: The Path of the Rainbow. Contents are: I, Songs from the Eastern Woodlands; II, Songs from the Southeast; III, Songs from the Great Plains; IV, Songs from the Southwest; V, Songs from California; and, VI, Songs from the Northwest Coast, followed by Interpretations. Strong copy.

Scottsdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1995. 4-Volumes 1995 . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Full 4-Volume set of 1995 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Issues. Quarterly magazines from American Indian Art, devoted to Native American art and crafts. NOTE : this listing is for 4 separate magazine issues. Physical Condition for all 4 magazines: Text: BRAND NEW. Softcovers w/trace edge & surface wear.

Scottdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1977. Volume 2, No 3, May 1977 . Soft Cover/Magazine. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Softcover/NF w/small closed tear to lower back edge, and trace soiling to back. 1977 Summer issue of quarterly magazines from American Indian Art, devoted to Native American art and crafts. This issue features: The Wheelwright Museum, Galleries, Conservation Summer Shows, Plains Indian Moccasins with decorated soles, Exhibition: The Malaspina Collection, Fiber Bags of the Great Lakes Indians, and Ketohs.

Scottdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1978. 4-Volume 1978 Annual Set . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Full 4-Volume set of 1978 Spring, Summer, Autumn (Special Plains Issue) and Winter issues. Quarterly magazines of American Indian Art magazine, devoted to Native American art and crafts. NOTE : this listing is for 4 separate magazine issues. Physical Condition for all 4 magazines: Text: BRAND NEW. Softcovers w/light edge & surface wear, primarily to Summer issue.

Scottsdale, AZ: American Indian Art, Inc, 1982. 4-Volume 1982 . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Full 4-Volume set of 1982 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter issues. Quarterly magazines from American Indian Art, devoted to Native American art and crafts. NOTE : this listing is for 4 separate magazine issues. Physical Condition for all 4 magazines: Text: BRAND NEW. Softcovers w/edge & surface wear.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Univ of New Mexico Press, 1983. First Edition, 7th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Admirable, integrated study of Southwestern Indian cultures as they are today. Fortified with illustrations and maps, linguistic notes precede 7 chapters: 1, Who & Where; 2, The Pueblo Peoples; 3, The Athabscans; 4, The Ute Indians; 5, The Southern Paiute; 6, The Rancheria Peoples; and, 7, Arts & Crafts, followed by appendices.