DIGGING FOR HITLER: THE NAZI ARCHAEOLOGISTS SEARCH FOR AN ARYAN PAST
Written by David Barrowclough.
Stock no. 1829538
Published by Fonthill Media Limited. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A deep evaluation of the practices and beliefs of the SS-Ahnenerbe and similar Nazi groups, revealing the myriad frauds committed by individuals seeking a moral justification for categorically indefensible acts. A gripping journey into the warped minds within the Third Reich, stratching from the mythical lost world of Atlantis to the mountains of Tibet. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781781555002. A lovely copy.

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THE WORLD BEFORE US: HOW SCIENCE IS REVEALING A NEW STORY OF OUR HUMAN ORIGINS
Written by Tom Higham.
Stock no. 1829405
Published by Viking. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Following the scientific and technological advancements - in radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, for example - that enabled us to better predict not just how long ago other human species lived (Neanderthals, Denisovans, 'Hobbits' and Homo luzonensis), but how they lived. Could they make art, recall their dreams, or joke? Did they play music, or use medicine? What might Homo sapiens have learned from them? Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos and charts, a few colour photos. xiv and 296 pages including index. ISBN: 9780241440674. A lovely copy. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

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LEARNING FROM THINGS: METHOD AND THEORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES
Written by W. David Kingery.
Stock no. 1826224
Published by Smithsonian Institution. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 18 essays linking material culture studies with art history and the history of technology, as well as with archaeology, anthropology, cultural geography, folklore studies, and other fields that use material evidence. Edited by W. David Kingery. Grey cloth spine, black paper boards, black title to spine. x and 262 pages. ISBN: 1560986077. Text block slightly grubby. Light vertical crease to prelims. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to front flap, has the remains of label to rear panel and is lightly scuffed.

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LOST LANDS OF EDEN: PEOPLE AND LANDSCAPE IN EARLY EAST CUMBRIA, FROM ABOUT 10,000BC TO 700AD
No author listed.
Stock no. 1825902
Published by East Cumbria Countryside Project. Slightly better than very good condition.

East Cumbria as shaped by 6,000 years of human history. The River Eden runs right through East Cumbria and, as a result, much of the area has been known, simply, as Eden. Each chapter of the book describes a scene of life in Eden. Oblong format. Cardwraps. Two tone illustrations throughout. 36 numbered pages. Light browning to covers. Previous owner's rainbow coloured address label to title page. Else contents clean.

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THE NUBA: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE HILL TRIBES IN KORDOFAN
Written by S.F. Nadel.
Stock no. 1825650
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book embraces both anthropological analyses proper - of the Nuba economic system, of kinship organization, of religious beliefs and tribal morality - and the discussion of 'practical' topics such as the policy of Nuba-Arab assimilation, the prospects of native administration in so primitive and heterogeneous a society, and the evolution of a Nuba law adapted to modern conflicts. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge red. Light browning and scuffing to endpapers. Text block browned and dusty. Contents clean. Orange dustwrapper is browned, edge-creased, worn at top of spine, tiny hole to rear edge of spine.

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THE SMALLEST ANTHROPOIDS: THE MARMOSET/CALLIMICO RADIATION
Written by Susan M. Ford; Leila M. Porter; Lesa C. Davis.
Stock no. 1825135
Published by Springer. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects series. A comprehensive examination of the callimico/marmoset clade, including the smallest anthropoid primates on earth. Green glazed boards. Colour illustrations, b/w charts. ISBN: 9781441902924. Boards scuffed and lightly scored. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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ISLANDS IN TIME: ISLAND SOCIOGEOGRAPHY AND MEDITERRANEAN PREHISTORY
Written by Mark Patton.
Stock no. 1814260
Published by Routledge. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The ecological and cultural development of prehistoric island societies. The prehistory of the Mediterranean and an explanation of the effects of isolation on the development of human communities. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. x and 213 pages including index. ISBN: 0415126592. Boards clean. Name in ink to front pastedown. Pencil erasure marks to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby. Contents clean.

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ALL INDIA COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT ON ETHNOBIOLOGY ANNUAL REPORT 1983
No author listed.
Stock no. 1809400
Published by Government Of India. 1983. Very good condition.

An attempt to document the salient achievement made by the AICRPE during the year 1983. A deeper understanding of the impact of increasing population and modernisation on tribal culture in India. Cream cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 61 pages. Covers creased and lightly faded, a little grubby in appearance. Bookplate to inside front cover. A few grubby marks to contents which are also a little bobbled at gutter edge as if by damp.

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ALL INDIA COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT ON ETHNOBIOLOGY ANNUAL REPORT 1984
No author listed.
Stock no. 1809399
Published by Government Of India. 1984. Very good condition.

An attempt to document the salient achievement made by the AICRPE during the year 1984. A deeper understanding of the impact of increasing population and modernisation on tribal culture in India. Grey cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. iv and 137 pages. Covers creased and rear cover a little grubby. Bookplate to front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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QUATERNARY LANDSCAPES
Written by Linda C.K. Shane; Edward J. Cushing.
Stock no. 1710855
Published by Belhaven Press. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An interdisciplinary examination of the development of glaciated terrain, peat lands, lakes, vegetation, climate, and early agriculture that helps us understand our landscapes, model their changes and predict their future. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w diagrams. xiv and 229 pages. ISBN: 1852932074. Small initials in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper spine faded to blue.

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TOO SMART FOR OUR OWN GOOD: THE ECOLOGICAL PREDICAMENT OF HUMANKIND
Written by Craig Dilworth.
Stock no. 2111729
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Drawing on evolution theory, biology, anthropolgy, archaeology, economics, environmental science and history, this book explains our ecological predicament by placing it in the context of the first scientific theory of humankind's development, taking over where Darwin left off. Pictorial cardwraps. xv and 530 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521757690. Some light wear to a couple of corners. A nice, clean copy.

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON MID-HOLOCENE TRANSITIONS
Written by David G. Anderson; Kirk A. Maasch; Daniel H. Sandweiss.
Stock no. 1805579
Published by Academic Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Examining the dynamic relationship between climate and culture during the Mid-Holocene in many different parts of the world. Edited by Anderson, Maasch, and Sandweiss. A series of essays by various contributors. Pictorial glazed boards. xxv and 575 pages including index. ISBN: 9780120883905. A nice, clean copy.

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