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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Histories of intimacy and situated ethnography Histories of intimacy and situated ethnography Ann Grodzins Gold,Gayatri Reddy,Karen Isaksen Leonard Contributed articles in Indian context. OL15458459W
Ethnicity, markets, and migration in the Andes Ethnicity, markets, and migration in the Andes Olivia Harris,Brooke Larson "Major compilation of historical and anthropological articles focuses on the nature of markets and exchange structures in the Andes. Prominent scholars explore Andean participation in the European ma… OL18294170W
Amazonian Indians from prehistory to the present Amazonian Indians from prehistory to the present Anna Curtenius Roosevelt "Compilation of articles on native inhabitants of the Amazon. Pt. 1 traces important ethnohistorical transition, a period of convulsive change in indigenous societies during European conquest and col… OL18340688W
Caciques and their people Caciques and their people Judith Francis Zeitlin,Joyce Marcus "Articles review Spores' contributions to Mixtec archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnology. Other topics include archaeological theory, the colonial period, Xaltocán, Cholula, codex-style vessel from… OL18967008W
Kintu Kintu Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 'First published in Kenya in 2014 to critical and popular acclaim, Kintu is a modern classic, a multilayered narrative that reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu … OL20054909W
The Incas The Incas Nigel Davies "Readable summary of the history, imperial infrastructure, mechanisms of control and integration, and other unique characteristics of the Inca Empire"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. OL2108299W
The last cannibals The last cannibals Ellen B. Basso "Third book in a series on Kalapalo narrative discourse uses nine stories collected between 1967-82 to interpret Kalapalo history. Primarily concerned with what these stories can tell us about a part… OL3493467W
In the realm of 8 Deer In the realm of 8 Deer Bruce E. Byland "A multi-disciplinary approach reinterprets the Mixtec codices and argues that they present a Mixtec history of the political fragmentation that occurred in Oaxaca following Monte Albán's decline. T… OL3500713W
The ethnohistory of the Koras of Bengal The ethnohistory of the Koras of Bengal A. K. Jana With reference to West Bengal. OL5977776W
The Gran Chichimeca The Gran Chichimeca Jonathan E. Reyman "Core of this collection, in honor of Charles C. DiPeso, includes an especially important paper on Casas Grandes and its redating. Discusses archaeology of northern Mexico. Mesoamerica-Southwest inte… OL6306729W