Anthropological Research

Doing Anthropological Research provides a practical toolkit for carrying out research. It works through the process chapter by chapter, from the planning and proposal stage to methodologies, secondary research, ethnographic fieldwork, ethical concerns, and writing strategies. Case study examples are provided throughout to illustrate the particular issues and dilemmas that may be encountered. This handy guide will be invaluable to upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying or intending to use anthropological methods in their research.

A comprehensive text on research methods in social and cultural anthropology, covering tools, counting and sampling, fieldwork and research design. Originally published by Harper & Row, 1970.

The authors of this book share a common assumption about anthropology—that replicable and systematic procedures of data collection and analysis are essential requirements for building useful cultural theory. They view cultural theory as both an aid to understanding sociocultural phenomena, and as an aid in changing existing social conditions. This book focuses on five specific themes representing a set of principles for conducting research: the importance of intra-cultural variation; the blending of qualitative and quantitative approaches; the search for micro/macro levels of generalization; the innovative matching of methodology to research problems; and the practical or applied merit of systematically generated and evaluated theory. It contributes to scientific anthropology and shows that the credibility and utility of anthropological research in policy matters is enhanced by scientific research methodology.

Editorial Sedentism on the Columbia Plateau: A Matter of Degree Related to the Easy and Efficient Procurement of Resources - E. S. Lohse and D. Sammons-Lohse The Bandon Burials--Symposium 1. The Bandon Case (35-CS-43C): Applying the Oregon Burial Law - Dick Ross 2. A Bandon Perspective on Site 35-CS-43C - Betty Lindon-Vogel and Roberta L. Hall 3. Faunal Remains and Artifacts from Bandon, Oregon, Site 35-CS-43C - Lee W. Lindsay, Jr. and Anthony R. Keith 4. Analysis of a Sea Mammal Canine Pendant - Mariana L. Mace 5. Skeletal Population at 35-CS-43C, May, 1986 - Roberta L. Hall Microdebitage Analysis in Activity Analysis, An Application - Elizabeth D. Vance Native American Religious Use in the Pacific Northwest: A Case Study from the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest - Madonna L. Moss Coast Salish Social Organization and Economic Redistribution - William R. Belcher Flora Present at the Pierce, Idaho, Chinese Mining Site, 10-CW-436 - Priscilla Wegars Comments on the Distribution of Folsom Points in Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho - Mark G. Plew and Daniel S. Meatte Cultural Resource Management and the Oregon Bibliographic File System - Leland Gilson

Ceremonial Integration in the Plateau of Northwestern North America, Bill Brunton Political Conflict on the Colville Reservation, John Alan Ross Deprivation, Revitalization, and the Development of the Shaker Religion, John L. Schultz Anthropological Papers Presented at the Northwest Scientific Association Meetings, 1924–1968, Roderick Sprague Papers Presented at the First Twenty Annual Meetings of the Northwest Anthropological Conference, 1948–1967, Roderick Sprague Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Portland, 1968

Challenging the idea that fieldwork is the only way to gather data, and that standard methods are the sole route to fruitful analysis, Serendipity in Anthropological Research explores the role of fortune and happenstance in anthropology. It conceives of anthropological research as a lifelong nomadic journey of discovery in which the world yields an infinite number of unexplored issues and innumerable ways of studying them, each study producing its own questions and demanding its own methodologies. Drawing together the latest research from a team of senior scholars from around the world to reflect on the experience of research, Serendipity in Anthropological Research presents rich new case studies from Europe and the Middle East to examine both new and old questions in novel and enriching ways. An engaging examination of methodology and anthropological fieldwork, this book will appeal to all those concerned with writing ethnography.

AN OVERVIEW OF CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THE SNAKE RIVER BASIN: PREHISTORY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS Kenneth C. Reid, editor Introduction - Kenneth C. Reid Lower Snake River Basin - Kenneth C. Reid and James C. Gallison Powder River Basin - Manfred E. W. Jaehnig Clearwater River Region - Robert Lee Sappington Final Comments - Kenneth C. Reid