The heated national conversation about gender equality and women in the workforce is something that women in academia have been concerned with and writing about for at least a decade. Overall, the conversation has focused on identifying how women in general and mothers in particular fair in the academy as a whole, as well as offering tips on how to maximize success. Aside from a long-standing field-specific debate in anthropology, rare are the volumes focusing on the particulars of motherh...

Since the founding of the United States, the rights to citizenship have been carefully crafted and policed by the Europeans who originally settled and founded the country. Immigrants have been extended and denied citizenship in various legal and cultural ways. While the subject of citizenship has often been examined from a sociological, historical, or legal perspective, historical archaeologists have yet to fully explore the material aspects of these social boundaries. The Archaeology ...

Through the Lens of Anthropology is a concise introduction to anthropology that uses the twin themes of food and sustainability to connect evolution, biology, archaeology, history, language, and culture. The third edition remains a highly readable text that encourages students to think about current events and issues through an anthropological lens.Beautifully illustrated with over 100 full-color images and maps, along with detailed figures and boxes, this is an anthropolo...

Now in its third edition, Introducing Archaeology continues to be a lively and approachable textbook for introductory-level students. Covering traditional elements of archaeology, including methods and prehistory, the new edition also opens up greater conversations about the current state of archaeology, discussing issues of representation, inclusion, and diversity in the field. The authors highlight recent developments in digital and public archaeology, as well as the social and ...

Amidst the turmoil and destruction of war... Mother Earth senses a change.Man has turned his back on his brothers and a war, unlike anything anyone has ever seen, rages out of control. The knowledge and desire to broker peace has been lost and despair grips the population; still their remains the faint Shadow of Hope.Adam Carson, a young man orphaned by the atrocities of war, has only one person left to turn to—an ancient mystic woman plagued by vi...

From the depths of desolation and depravity... Heroes emerge.The Spirit of the Earth is broken. The world is thrust into a new age of discord but in the arid wilderness of West Texas; a prophecy is born. The Power to thwart the wicked regime of insanity lay in the hands of a young woman warrior…The Daughter of the Lakota.In a world ravaged by war and greed, Bryony Anderson – the US army’s newest and most promising recruit – has stumbled into...

Rain has returned to the land but the population is blind to the life that is beginning to bloom around them. Struggling to overcome their fears they search for the strength to go on and discover that their quest begins with the Heart of a Nation.

Ethan Strong is trapped at a crossroads. Raised in isolation in arid New Mexico, he had no ideathat civilization would be so uncivilized. Learning that his past holds a secret that can alter the course of his life, Ethan puts his ...