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From Primitives to Primates
A History of Ethnographic and Primatological Analogies in the Study of Prehistory
David Van Reybrouck (Author)
Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating indepth
study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography
and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th
century to this day – often far beyond the available evidence. Victorian scholars
were keen to look at contemporary Australian and Tasmanian aboriginals to
understand the enigmatic Neanderthal fossils. The belief that the contemporary
world provides ‘living links’ still goes strong. Such primate models, Van Reybrouck
argues, continue the highly problematic ‘comparative method’ of Victorian
times. Overviewing two centuries of intellectual debate in fields as diverse as
archaeology, ethnography and primatology, Van Reybrouck asks that the past be
understood on its own terms, not as facile projections from the present.
9789088900952, £32.00, Available Now
PB, 384p, Sidestone Press
The Archaeology of Politics and Power
Charles Maisels
9781842173527, £35.00, 2010
PB, 440p, b/w illus, Oxbow Books
Counting People
A DIY Manual for Local and Family Historians
John Moore (Author)
Local and family historians are often afraid to use numerical data (Statistics) in
their research and writing. Yet numbers are an essential part of much historical
work, obviously in population history but also in local studies of agriculture,
industry and social history. Counting People shows how amateur historians can
use computers with appropriate programs to provide numerical illustrations of
various historical topics as well as easing their researches. A final chapter covers
research and publishing in local history. The Bibliography provides advice on local
historical studies in England and Wales and a full list of sources for population
history in England and Wales as well as guidance on the use of computers in
local studies.
9781842174807, £17.95, 30 March 2013
PB, 140p, Oxbow Books
Melanesia, edited by L. Bolton, N.
Thomas. E. Bonshek, J. Adams & B. Burt
9780714125961, £75.00, 2013
384p, 306 col illus, 12 line drawings
British Museum Press
The Ritual Killing & Burial of Animals
edited by A. Pluskowski
9781842174449 , £48.00, 2011
224p, col & b/w illus, Oxbow Books
9Anthropology / Local & Family History