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Our Human Story: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Rachel Mitchell · Gavilan College
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Anthropology · 1.01: Introduction to Anthropology · 1.03: The Scope of Biological Anthropology
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ANTHRO 130: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Carlos Bazua · Diablo Valley College
In the contents: 3.01: Doing Fieldwork- Methods in Cultural Anthropology (Nelson) · 14.02: Political Anthropology - A Cross-Cultural Comparison (McDowell)
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Cultural Anthropology
Evans · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 01: What is Anthropology · 1.01: Anthropology · 1.02: Holism in Anthropology
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Physical Anthropology
Arnie Daniel Schoenberg · San Diego City College
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Physical Anthropology · 1.02: Anthropology as a Science · 2.02: Scale Human Space Powers of Ten for Physical Anthropology
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Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
Amanda Zunner-Keating, Madlen Avetyan, and Ben Shepard · Los Angeles Valley College
In the contents: 1.01: Welcome to The Anthropology of Magic Witchcraft and Religion
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Biological Anthropology
Tori Saneda & Michelle Field · Cascadia Community College
In the contents: 1.1: What is Biological Anthropology
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EXPLORATIONS: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology 2e
Beth Shook, Katie Nelson, Kelsie Aguilera, & Lara Braff, Eds. · LibreTexts
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Biological Anthropology · 1.01: What is Anthropology · 1.04: What is Biological Anthropology
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Physical Anthropology Anthro-1
Emma Blackthorne · Yuba College
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Biological Physical Anthropology · 1.01: Introduction to Physical Anthropology · 1.1.02: Anthropology as a Science
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Cultural Anthropology
Wikibook · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1: Introduction to Anthropology and Culture · 1.1: What is Anthropology · 1.3: Anthropology Today
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Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation
Chauna Ramsey · Columbia Gorge Community College
This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It's flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal "there/they're/their" struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.
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Speaking of Culture
Nolan Weil · Utah State University
In the contents: 1.03: Franz Boas and the birth of American anthropology
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Archaeology
Susan Ruth · Central New Mexico Community College
Archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture specifically artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes.
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Languages and Worldview
Manon Allard-Kropp · University of Missouri–St. Louis
Asking and answering questions about what culture entails and examines the fundamental properties and intertwining nature of language and culture. This text explores linguistic relativity, lexical differences among languages and intercultural communication, including high and low contexts.
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Our Lives - An Ethnic Studies Primer
Guadalupe Capozzi, Silas Cha, & Daryl Johnson · CC ECHO
This book is an introduction or primer to ethnic studies and is not a complete or comprehensive review of the literature. We identified and included major concepts, theories, perspectives, and voices in ethnic studies with research from anthropology, history, political science, psychology, and sociology to offer an inclusive approach for critical inquiry.
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Introduction to Archaeology: A Workbook
Ashley Lemke · University of Texas at Arlington
Introduction to Archaeology: A Workbook, is designed to assist students in the Intro to Archaeology course by giving them questions and assignments to reinforce what is learned in the classroom lectures.
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Digging into Archaeology: A Brief OER Introduction to Archaeology with Activities
Amanda Wolcott Paskey and AnnMarie Beasley Cisneros · Cosumnes River College & American River College
This book is intended for use in a variety of introductory archaeology settings, such as in lectures and lab courses. This text can complement an existing traditional text or completely replace a standard text. It can be used for its activities or as a study resource. When we wrote this text, we designed the chapters to be brief, providing concise and to-the-point information.
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The Art of Being Human
Michael Wesch · Kansas State University
Anthropology is the study of all humans in all times in all places. But it is so much more than that. “Anthropology requires strength, valor, and courage,” Nancy Scheper-Hughes noted. “Pierre Bourdieu called anthropology a combat sport, an extreme sport as well as a tough and rigorous discipline. … It teaches students not to be afraid of getting one’s hands dirty, to get down in the dirt, and to commit yourself, body and mind. Susan Sontag called anthropology a “heroic” profession.”
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Traces - An Open Introduction to Archaeology
Isabel M. Scarborough, Jennifer M. Johnson Zovar, Ian S. Ray, and John A. Donahue · Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
Welcome! Traces: An Open Invitation to Archaeology is part of a series of no cost high quality anthropology textbooks including the award-winning Perspectives introducing cultural anthropology and Explorations for introductory courses in Biological Anthropology.
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Grammar Essentials
Excelsior Online Writing Lab · Excelsior College
We speak of this as usage. There are far more usage rules than grammar rules, and they are far more difficult to master. Many of them you just have to learn; and, after you learn them, you have to use them over and over and over in order to incorporate them into your language.
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Native Peoples of North America
Susan A. Stebbins · SUNY Potsdam
This text is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of North America (primarily the United States and Canada) presented from an anthropological perspective. As such, the text is organized around anthropological concepts such as language, kinship, marriage and family life, political and economic organization, food getting, spiritual and religious practices, and the arts. Prehistoric, historic and contemporary information is presented.