Through the lens of anthropology : an introduction to human evolution and culture / Robert J. Muckle and Laura Tubelle de González.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muckle, Robert James, author.

González, Laura Tubelle de, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Textbooks.

Anthropology.

Genre:

textbooks.

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 398 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Introduction to human evolution and culture

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Through the Lens of Anthropology is a concise but comprehensive introductory textbook that uses the twin themes of food and sustainability to illustrate the connected nature of anthropology's four major subfields: archaeology, and biological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology. By viewing the world through the lens of anthropology, students will learn not only about anthropological methods, theories, and ethics, but also the ways in which anthropology is relevant to their everyday lives and embedded in the culture that surrounds them. Beautifully illustrated throughout, with over 150 full-color images, figures, feature boxes, and maps, this is an anthropology text with a fresh perspective, a lively narrative, and plenty of popular topics that are sure to engage readers. A strong pedagogical framework structures the book: each chapter features learning objectives, glossary terms, and chapter summaries, as well as review and discussion questions which guide students' analysis of the topics, themes, and issues raised in the text. This book is interesting to read, manageable to teach, and succeeds at igniting interest in anthropology as a discipline. The new edition will enhance the food and sustainability focus in examples and features and will build a stronger narrative voice using extending examples and case studies. A new section on decolonization, as well as including more Indigenous examples works to decolonize Anthropology as much as possible. The content will be updated and fresh, especially including new biological anthropology research, by including new feature boxes and case studies."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Viewing the world through the lens of anthropology

Evolutionary thought and theory

We are primates : the primate background

Human biological evolution

Human cultural evolution from 2.5 million to 20,000 years ago

Cultural evolution from 20,000 to 5,000 years ago

Archaeology of the last 5,000 years

Studying culture

Language

Food and resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-382) and index.

Other Format:

Muckle, Robert James, author. Through the lens of anthropology./

Online version: Muckle, Robert James. Through the lens of anthropology.

ISBN:

9781487587802

1487587805

9781487587819

1487587813

OCLC:

1088812159