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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Anthropology -- What Is Anthropology? -- The Major Subfields of Anthropology -- Biological (or Physical) Anthropology -- Evolution -- Anthropological Linguistics -- Archaeology -- Cultural Anthropology -- Many Worlds -- Perspectives on Others -- Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism -- Words Matter -- Cultural Appropriation -- Anthropology as a Science -- Empirical Science -- Objective and Subjective Data -- The Western Scientific Method -- Nonempirical Science -- Why Study Anthropology? -- Chapter Summary -- 2 A Very Short History of cultural Anthropology -- On the Development of Western Scientific Thought -- A Natural Evolution -- The Emergence of Anthropology as a Discipline -- Unilinear Cultural Evolution -- Historical Particularism -- Functional/structuralism -- Diffusionism -- Multilinear Cultural Evolution -- Cultural Ecology -- Cultural Materialism -- Postmodernism -- Chapter Summary -- 3 Culture, Personality, and Worldview -- What Is Culture? -- What Is a Society? -- Functions of a Society -- Personality -- Perception and Cognition -- Elements of Personality -- What Is "Acceptable"? -- Worldview -- Cosmology -- Chapter Summary -- 4 Doing Cultural Anthropology -- Anthropological Methods -- Fieldwork -- Participant Observation -- Preparation for Fieldwork -- Once in the Field -- After Fieldwork -- Differing Viewpoints -- Chapter Summary -- 5 Anthropological Linguistics -- Descriptive Linguistics -- Historical Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics -- Some Other Linguistic Elements -- Writing -- Chapter Summary -- 6 Social Organization -- Kinship -- Families and Households -- Figuring Relatives -- Figuring Descent -- Descent Groups -- The Major Kinship Systems -- Marriage -- The Functions of Marriage.

The purpose of this paper is to document population movements by Numic peoples during the ethnohistoric period. That they appear to have been expanding at the time of historic contact all along their perimeter may reflect a continuation of a general expansion through the Great Basin which may have begun in antiquity (within the last millennia [cf. Lamb 1958]). Further, it appears that Numic populations of the ethnohistoric period (at least on their perimeter) were militarily aggressive and inclined to exploit their non-Numic neighbors. The fact that the Numic groups did not generally fight among themselves but were at war with virtually all their neighbors supports this contention. This territorial expansion appears to have predated the acquisition of the horse although horses were a very important factor in some of the expansions of Numic populations, especially the Comanche.

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Paleonutrition Data Base: Direct Data""; ""3. The Paleonutrition Data Base: Indirect Data""; ""4. Issues in the Recovery of Paleonutritional Data""; ""5. Interpretation and Integration""; ""6. Case Studies""; ""References""; ""Index""

The study of paleonutrition provides valuable insights into shifts and changes in human history. This is the most comprehensive book on the topic. Intended for students and professionals, it describes the nature of paleonutrition studies, reviews the history of research, discusses methodological issues in the reconstruction of prehistoric diets, presents theoretical frameworks frequently used in research, and showcases examples in which analyses have been successfully conducted on prehistoric individuals, groups, and populations. It offers an integrative approach to understanding state-of-the-art anthropological dietary, health, and nutritional assessments. The most recent and innovative methods used to reconstruct prehistoric diets are discussed, along with the major ways in which paleonutrition data are recovered, analyzed, and interpreted. The book includes five contemporary case studies that illustrate the mutually beneficial linkages between ethnography and archaeology.