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In North America, anthropology is traditionally divided into four major subdisciplines: biological anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology and archaeology. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Other academic traditions use less broad definitions, where one or more of these fields are considered separate, but related, disciplines.
His 1935 study, "An Introduction to Nebraska Archaeology", [4] is credited with providing a major impetus for the direct historical approach in archaeology. [ 5 ] In the 1930s, Strong, Waldo Rudolph Wedel and A. T. Hill found archaeological evidence in Nebraska different from the prehistoric Central Plains and Woodland traditions.
The Peabody Museum began its book collection soon after its founding in 1866. Publication of anthropological literature, in both paper and microfiche formats began in 1979. Approximately 350,000 citations, formerly in a card catalog, were added in 1997 to the post-1979 records to create the foundation for the current online database.
His research on pre-Columbian sites in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad, and the Lesser Antilles was the basis for his 1907 book, Aborigines of Porto Rico and Neighboring Islands, an acclaimed book in early archaeology. Fewkes joined the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology in 1895. He was selected as its director in 1918.
Taboo (book) Tales from the Expat Harem; Tales of the Cochiti Indians; The Teachings of Don Juan; Thought and Change; A Thousand Plateaus; Times Square Red, Times Square Blue; Totem and Taboo; Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value; Traces of Exploitation in the World of Childhood; Transnational Reproduction; The Tribes and Castes of the ...
Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication is subdivided into four sections, each with several essays. "Historical Perspectives on SETI" is a historiography of NASA's SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) program, which ran for much of the late twentieth century before being dissolved due to lack of funding, and its humanities and social sciences representation.
Kenneth L. "Kenny" Feder (born August 1, 1952) is an emeritus professor of archaeology at Central Connecticut State University [1] and the author of several books on archaeology [2] and criticism of pseudoarchaeology such as Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology. [3] His book Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology ...
Alice Beck Kehoe (born 1934, New York City) is a feminist anthropologist and archaeologist.She has done considerable field research among Native American peoples in the upper plains of the US and Canada, and has authored research volumes on Native American archaeology and Native American history.