The Antropology of Iraq: The Upper Euphrates

by Henry Field

Overview

First published in 2005. Informed by the author's extensive fieldwork in Iraq, this work is an invaluable resource for all those interested in the anthropology of Iraq. Providing the reader first with important background information about the geography and climate of Iraq, the author goes on to give a detailed account of its peoples, presenting information on their physical characteristics and health in clear prose as well as in numerous readable tables. The work is supplemented by appendices which describe Iraq's mammals, insects and plants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780710309969
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/27/2005
Series:	Kegan Paul Arabia Library
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Henry Field was Curator of Physical Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION II. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE III. THE PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE DULAIM AND THE ANAIZA IV. ADDITIONAL ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA FROM IRAQ V. THE TRIBES AND SUB-TRIBES OF THE UPPER EUPHRATES