Based on his study of the nearly vanished aquatic economy of Chimalhuacán in the Valley of Mexico, Parsons describes the surviving vestiges of aquatic insect collection and fishing, and considers their developmental and archaeological implications within a broad context of historical, ethnographic, biological, ecological, and archaeological information from Mexico, North and South America, the Near East, and Africa. Activities, implements, artifacts, and landscapes are richly illustrated, in many cases with the author's own photos and a number of vintage photographs. The study concludes that aquatic resources were fully complementary with agricultural products during prehispanic times in Mesoamerica where a pastoral economy was absent. [2006. 377 pp, 80 tables, 175 figs, $28. ISBN 978-0-915703-62-3]  Look inside this book (pdf)

West African Awdaghost (Tegdaoust) emerged as a vital medieval trade center before its decline in the sixteenth century AD. Extensively excavated, and accompanied by a large body of published material, Awdaghost provides a unique opportunity for the application of household archaeology to a West African settlement. By examining the building sequences of the habitation complexes, with their evolving space allocations, this monograph demonstrates how the household units in Awdaghost reflect fluctuating social organization and economic conditions. [2006. 168 pp, 25 tables, 22 figs, $26. ISBN 978-0-915703-61-6]  Look inside this book (pdf)

A collection of essays based on the 2005 Society for American Archaeology symposium, presenting research that epitomizes Richard I. Ford's approach of engaged anthropology. This transdisciplinary approach integrates archaeological research with perspectives from ethnography, history, and ecology, and engages the anthropologist with Native partners and with socio-natural landscapes. Research papers largely focus on the U.S. Southwest, but also consider other areas of North America, issues relating to museums collections, and indigenous approaches to materials research.  [2005. 263 pp, 6 tables, 30 figs, $28. ISBN 978-0-915703-58-6]  Look inside this book (pdf)

This richly-illustrated volume examines the remarkable Kashmiri shawls of the Walter Koelz Collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology. Part I presents the history, production, and forms and ornamentation of Kashmiri shawls, focusing on how the social contexts of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries and the advent of the Jacquard loom impacted shawl development. Part II is a detailed descriptive catalogue of the shawls in the Koelz Collection. An accompanying CD-ROM includes color illustrations of the shawls in the collection, as well as a transcribed manuscript by Koelz. [2005. 246 pp, 3 tables, 96 figs plus 57 color illus; includes CD-ROM. $28. ISBN 978-0-915703-60-9]  Look inside this book (pdf)

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In the 1980s, a few traditional saltmakers were still manufacturing several kinds of salt in the eastern Valley of Mexico. This in-depth study of the methodology of this dying craft includes a comparative study of pre-industrial saltmaking around the world, and considers the implications of this knowledge for future archaeological research. [2001. 340 pp, 26 tables, 24 figs, $26. ISBN 978-0-915703-51-7]

A collection of papers from the Ethnobiology 2000 millennium conference in Ann Arbor. Contributions by Richard Ford, Elizabeth Wing, Steven Weber, Paul Minnis, Karen Adams, Eugene Hunn, Cecil Brown, Catherine Fowler, Nancy Turner, and Eugene Anderson. [2001. 186 pp, 18 tables, $20. ISBN 978-0-915703-50-0]

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Across the species, human males have found high cheekbones and large eyes beautiful in women. Doug Jones knows why. In this fascinating study of five populations, Jones explores the possibility that hardwired into the human psyche are standards of beauty that are really preferences and signals for good health. [1996. 174 pp, 18 tables, 15 figs, $24. ISBN 978-0-915703-40-1]

A volume of essays by Mesoamerican scholars on topics ranging from Zapotec archaeology to Cuicatec irrigation, Mixtec codices to Aztec ethnohistory. Authors use direct historical approach, the comparative method, or develop models that contribute to ethnological and archaeological theory. Contributors: J. Chance, G. Feinman, K.V. Flannery, F. Hicks, R. Hunt, M. Lind, J. Marcus, J. Monaghan, J. Paddock, E. Redmond, M. Romero Frizzi, M. Smith, C. Spencer, and J. Zeitlin. [1994. 300 pp, 18 tables, 43 figs, $26. ISBN 978-0-915703-37-1]

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Nature and Status, published in 1978, is still a standard text of the discipline, with classic papers exploring theoretical issues, principles of plant utilization, prehistoric economics, and more. A reprint of this watershed volume includes all these classic papers, along with a new 30 page introduction by Ford, and pages of new references. [1994. 428 pp, 28 tables, 58 figs, $18. ISBN 978-0-915703-38-8]

86. The Behavioral Ecology of Efe Pygmy Men in the Ituri Forest, Zaire, by Robert C. Bailey. 1991. 153 pp, $15 reprint as book-on-demand. ISBN 978-0-915703-24-1.

85. Profiles in Cultural Evolution: Papers from a Conference in Honor of Elman R. Service, edited by A. Terry Rambo and Kathleen Gillogly. 1991. 450 pp, $20. ISBN 978-0-915703-23-4.

84. Debating Oaxaca Archaeology, edited by Joyce Marcus. 1990. 270 pp, $18. ISBN 978-0-915703-22-7.

83. Vertebrate Faunal Remains from Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona, by John W. Olsen. 1990. 200 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-915703-21-0.

82. Maguey Utilization in Highland Central Mexico: An Archaeological Ethnography, by Jeffrey R. Parsons and Mary H. Parsons. 1990. 388 pp, $22. ISBN 978-0-915703-20-3.

81. The Bridgeport Township Site: Archaeological Investigation at 20SA620, Saginaw County, Michigan, edited by John M. O'Shea and Michael Shott. 1990. 303 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-915703-19-7.

79. The Foxie Otter Site: A Multicomponent Occupation North of Lake Huron, by Christopher C. Hanks. 1988. 203 pp, $12. ISBN 978-0-915703-14-2.

78. Protohistoric Yamato: Archaeology of the First Japanese State, by Gina L. Barnes. 1988. 473 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-915703-11-1.

77. Jumano and Patarabueye: Relations at La Junta de los Rios, by J. Charles Kelley. 1986. 180 pp, $10. ISBN 978-0-915703-05-0.

76. Primitive Polluters: Semang Impact on the Malaysian Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem, by A. Terry Rambo. 1985. 104 pp, $8. ISBN 978-0-915703-04-3.

74. The Archaeology of the Sierra Blanca Region of Southeastern New Mexico, by Jane Holden Kelley. 1984. 527 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-932206-96-1.

73. Paleoethnobotany of the Kameda Peninsula Jomon, by Gary W. Crawford. 1983. 200 pp, $8. ISBN 978-0-932206-95-4.

71. Persian Diary, 1939-1941, by Walter N. Koelz. 1983. 227 pp, $5. ISBN 978-0-932206-93-0.

70. An Early Woodland Community at the Schultz Site 20SA2 in the Saginaw Valley and the Nature of the Early Woodland Adaptation in the Great Lakes Region, by Doreen Ozker. 1982. 273 pp, $5. ISBN 978-0-932206-92-3.

69. The Ait Ayash of the High Moulouya Plain: Rural Social Organization in Morocco, by John Chiapuris. 1979. 186 pp, $3. ISBN 978-0-932206-83-1.

67. The Nature and Status of Ethnobotany (2nd Edition), edited by Richard I. Ford. 1994. 428 pp, $18. ISBN 978-0-915703-38-8.

66. The Snodgrass Site of the Powers Phase of Southeast Missouri, by James E. Price and James B. Griffin. 1979. 191 pp, $3. ISBN 978-0-932206-77-0.

65. Meadowood Phase Settlement Pattern in the Niagara Frontier Region of Western New York State, by Joseph E. Granger, Jr. 1978. 403 pp, $4. ISBN 978-0-932206-76-3.

64. Wasita in a Lebanese Context: Social Exchange among Villagers and Outsiders, by Frederick Charles Huxley. 1978. 178 pp, $3. ISBN 978-0-932206-62-6.

62. The Demography of the Semai Senoi, by Alan G. Fix. 1977. 123 pp, $2. ISBN 978-0-932206-60-2.

60. Las yerbas de la gente: A Study of Hispano-American Medicinal Plants, by Karen Cowan Ford. 1975. 437 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-932206-58-9.

56. Archaeology and Ceramics at the Marksville Site, by Alan Toth. 1974. 131 pp, $2. ISBN 978-0-932206-54-1.

55. The Ait Ndhir of Morocco: A Study of the Social Transformation of a Berber Tribe, by Amal Rassam Vinogradov. 1974. 128 pp, $2. ISBN 978-0-932206-53-4.

52. Nomads and Farmers: A Study of the Yörük of Southeastern Turkey, by Daniel G. Bates. 1973. Available only on CD-ROM (digitized version of original text, 248 pp). $12. ISBN 978-0-915703-64-7.

50. Faction and Conversion in a Plural Society: Religious Alignments in the Hindu Kush, by Robert Leroy Canfield. 1973. 142 pp, $2. ISBN 978-0-932206-48-0.

45. Miscellaneous Studies in Mexican Prehistory, by Michael W. Spence, Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Mary Hrones Parsons. 1972. 170 pp, $2. ISBN 978-0-932206-43-5.

44. Property Control and Social Strategies in Settlers in a Middle Eastern Plain, by Barbara C. Aswad. 1971. 169 pp, $2. ISBN 978-0-932206-42-8.

43. Prehistoric Biological Relationships in the Great Lakes Region, by Richard Guy Wilkinson. 1971. 161 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-932206-41-1.

42. The Occupations of Migrants in Ghana, by Polly Hill. 1970. 76 pp, $2. ISBN 978-0-932206-40-4.

39. Rules of Descent: Studies in the Sociology of Parentage, by Guy E. Swanson. 1969. 108 pp, $1. ISBN 978-0-932206-37-4.

14. Tell Toqaan: A Syrian Village, by Louise E. Sweet. 1960. 280 pp, $1. ISBN 978-0-932206-20-6.

13. The Puerto Rican Population: A Study in Human Biology, by Frederick P. Thieme. 1959. 211 pp, $1. ISBN 978-0-932206-19-0.

9. Spanish-Guarani Relations in Early Colonial Paraguay, by Elman R. Service. 1954. 106 pp, $15.

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Reprinted Anthropological Papers (for more information, see Reprints)

88. Elements for an Anthropology of Technology, by Pierre Lemonnier. Original publication date 1992. 129 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-915703-30-2.

49. The Moccasin Bluff Site and the Woodland Cultures of Southwestern Michigan, by Robert Louis Bettarel and Hale G. Smith. Original publication date 1973. 318 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-932206-47-3.

41. The Archaeology of Summer Island: Changing Settlement Systems in Northern Lake Michigan, by David S. Brose. Original publication date 1970. 273 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-932206-39-8.

36. The Naomikong Point Site and the Dimensions of Laurel in the Lake Superior Region, by Donald E. Janzen. Original publication date 1968. 141 pp, $15. ISBN 978-0-932206-34-3.

30. The Juntunen Site and the Late Woodland Prehistory of the Upper Great Lakes Area, by Alan McPherron. Original publication date 1967. 373 pp.
      Book:  $15. ISBN 978-0-915703-68-5.
      Digitized version of original text, on CD-ROM:  $10. ISBN 978-0-915703-69-2.

27. The Paleo-Indian Occupation of the Holcombe Beach, by James E. Fitting, Jerry Devisscher, and Edward J. Wahla. Original publication date 1966. 160 pp, $15.

17. Lake Superior Copper and the Indians: Miscellaneous Studies of Great Lakes Prehistory, edited by James B. Griffin. Original publication date 1961. 222 pp, $15.