Brenda J Bowser

Cultural Transmission and Material Culture: Breaking Down Boundaries

How and why people develop, maintain, and change cultural boundaries through time are central issues in the social and behavioral sciences in generaland anthropological archaeology in particular. What factors influence people to imitate or deviate from the behaviors of other group members? How are s...

Cultural Transmission and Material Culture: Breaking Down Boundaries [Hardcover] [2008] First Edition Ed. Miriam T. Stark, Brenda J. Bowser, Lee Horne

Drink, Power, and Society in the Andes

For more than two thousand years, drinking has played a critical role in Andean societies. This collection provides a unique look at the history, ethnography, and archaeology of one of the most important traditional indigenous commodities in Andean South America--fermented plant beverages collective...

The Archaeology of Meaningful Places (Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry)

In the broadest sense this book is concerned with describing and explaining how particular places contain the key elements necessary for understanding the social worlds constructed, maintained, and modified by those who once inhabited them. This is achieved through the investigation of biographical,...