1st Edition

The Antropology of Iraq The Upper Euphrates

By Henry Field Copyright 2004
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    276 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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

    Biography

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