Anthropology from Attic Books

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 1990. Softcover. Very good. Anthropological Papers No. 4. xxiii, 99 p. 28 cm. B&w photos, figures and tables. 28 cm. Spiral binding with paper covers. Small stain at top front. Ink signature at top of half title. "From a symposium organized by the Mountain, Desert & Coastal Forensic Anthropologists." One of the few… Read more about this item

The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1979. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. World Anthropology series. xiii, 276 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Black cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. A little fading to cloth at top front. Some soiling to white jacket including edges of rear flap. Spot on top edge of text block. A variety of authors discuss topics such as the magico-religious use… Read more about this item

Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1986. Second Edition, updated and expanded. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good. xv, 551 p. 26 cm. B&w figures. Burgundy cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Some tears and small chips to jacket edges. Light wear to corners and spine ends. Ink signature on front endpaper. This second edition of a classic text surveys the state of knowledge… Read more about this item

University of Press of Colorado, 1994. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. xxxii, 360 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Black cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Former owner's signature on a front endpaper. A new approach for understanding developmental defects of the axial skeleton using data from clinical medicine, genetics, embryology, and physical anthropology.

Springer, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. x, 319 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. An examination of Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. The editors bring together an international group of contributors to study evidence of human sacrifice in Classic and Postclassic period sites like Calakmul and the Sacred Cenote of Chichen Itza.

Chicago: ISACS, January 1984. Softcover. As new. 130 p. 29 cm. B&w illustrations. Spiral binding. Includes apothecary symbols, glossary of terms, dictionary, patent numbers, registration and verification marks, postage rates, etc.

New York: Routledge, 1996. Softcover. Near fine. 282 p. 23 cm. 2 maps. Paperback.

New York: W. W. Norton, 2024. Third Edition. Softcover. Fine. xiv, 780 p. 24 cm. Paperback.

London: Routledge, 2020. Hardcover. New. Museums in Focus series. 126 p. 23 cm. 4 figures.

London: Routledge, 2020. Hardcover. New. Museums in Focus series. 114 p. 23 cm. 6 figures.

Budapest: CEU Press, 1999. Softcover. ex library-good. 186 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Ex library with labels on spine, inside front cover, and first leaf. Ink stamps on edges.

Johannesburg: Institute for the Study of Man in Africa; Witwatersrand University Press, 1971. Reprint. First published 1969.. Softcover. Very good. Raymond Dart Lectures Lecture 5. Lecture delivered March 5, 1968. ix, 45 p. 25 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled. Scuff at bottom front near spine. A few marks on rear.

The Lovedale Press, 1949. Softcover. Good. 48 p. 25 cm. Stapled card covers. Some discolouration and light soiling to covers. Pages browning. Tales in Bantu and English.

Toronto: Dept. of Geography, York University, 1972. Softcover. Very good. Discussion Paper No. 6. ii, [2], 104 p. 28 cm. 6 b&w figures. Stapled card covers with peek-a-book front. Chip to front cover at top left. Some stains to rear around staples.

Peterborough, ON: Trent University, 1993. Softcover. Near fine. Trent University Occasional Papers in Anthropology No. 9. ii, 59 p. 28 cm. B&w illustrations. Card covers.

INAH , 2005. Second impression. Softcover. Near fine. 115 p. 28 cm. 69 figures, 13 tables. Outside has faint discolouration and wear. Spanish text.

Mexico City: INAH, 1990. Softcover. Good. Serie Antropologia Fisica. Coleccion Centifica. 120 p. 26 cm. Figures and tables. A little wear and discolouration to covers. Ink mark on index page. Spanish text.

INAH, 2002. 7th edition. Softcover. Very good. 390 p. 23 cm. 255 b&w figures. Paperback. Moderate shelf wear. A bit of dust on lower edge. Former owner's signature on first leaf. Spanish text.

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1984. Softcover. Good. Instituto e Investigaciones Antropologicas Serie Antropologica 48. 66 p. 22 cm. 29 b&w photos at rear. paperback. Spine and rear cover discoloured. Spanish text.

Mexico City: Ediciones Mexicanas, 1951. Softcover. Good. Enciclopedia Mexicana de Arte 14. 85 p. 24 cm. 12 b&w figures. Fold-out chart. 23 plates at rear, some in colour. Card covers. Worn edges, light soiling. Large chip out of title page. Signature on title. Paper browning. Spanish text. Prologo del Dr. Alfonso Caso