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The Complexity of What is not a Bone

The Complexity of What is not a Bone

Review by Mattia Cartolano

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Cayenne and the transatlantic world-economy. From interdependence to commercial self-organization?

Cayenne and the transatlantic world-economy. From interdependence to commercial self-organization?

Review by Sarai Barreiro Argüelles

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The Cultural Evolutionary Perspective: Toward a Multidisciplinary Method to Ethnic Identity Research

The Cultural Evolutionary Perspective: Toward a Multidisciplinary Method to Ethnic Identity Research

Review by Anthony Grégoire

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Charting out a Complex World: Ancient Zapotec Religion in Context

Charting out a Complex World: Ancient Zapotec Religion in Context

Review by Naomi Calnitsky

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Uncovering the Contemporary Lives of the Little Known Chinese Ewenki

Uncovering the Contemporary Lives of the Little Known Chinese Ewenki

Review by Jeanette Lykkegård

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Deciphering Wak’as: Exploring the Sacred from an Andean Perspective

Deciphering Wak’as: Exploring the Sacred from an Andean Perspective

Review by Matthew Piscitelli

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Enduring Aymara Cosmovision in the Context of Development in Chile

Enduring Aymara Cosmovision in the Context of Development in Chile

Review by Nell Haynes

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Between Animatism and Pantheism: Religion and the Supernatural in Ancient Oaxaca

Between Animatism and Pantheism: Religion and the Supernatural in Ancient Oaxaca

Review by Hilary M. Leathem

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La Chute du Ciel

La Chute du Ciel

Review by José Antonio Kelly

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