The Whales of August

de Muizon, C. 1988: Les Vertébrés Fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Pérou) III. Les Odontocètes (Cetacea, Mammalia) du Miocène . 244 pp. Institut Fran¸ais d'études Andines et Institut de Paléon-tologie du Museum National d'Histoíre Naturelle. éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations, A.D.P.F., Paris. ISBN 2–86538–187–0, ISSN 0291–1655. Price: 289.00 FF (paper).     

L' Art des Cavernes en Pays-Basque: Les Grottes d'Ekain et Altxerri; Journey through the Ice Age; L'Art des Origines au Yemen

L' Art des Cavernes en Pays-Basque: Les Grottes d'Ekain et Altxerri. Jesus Altuna. Paris: Seuil Publishers, 1996.200 pp.
Journey through the Ice Age. Paul G. Bahn and Jean Vertut. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.240 pp.
L'Art des Origines au Yemen. Michel-Alain Garcia and Madiha Rachad. Paris: Seuil Publishers, 1997.99 pp.     

Bamana Identity, State Formation, and the Sources of Bamana Art

Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali. Museum for African Art, New York. September 19, 2001—March 2, 2002.
Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali. Jean-Paul Colleyn. ed. New York: Museum for African Art, in association with Museum Rietberg and Snoek-Ducaju and Zoon, 2001. 263 pp.     

Cover Picture: Biotechnology Journal 6/2010

Cover illustration: Biotech Methods and Advances. This issue of Biotechnology Journal covers methods for systems metabolic engineering as well as downstream processing. The cover image shows an artist's impression of a magnetic fusion protein consisting of antibody like particles (pale blue) and ferritin subunits (pale green) encapsulating an iron core (red). These “Magnetizable antibody-like proteins” are described by Dehal et al. pp. 596–605 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.200900273). Art by Mark Bradshaw, Pixelweave 3D.     

Representations of Art and Arts of Representation

The Traffic in Culture: Refiguring Art and Anthropology. George E. Marcus and Fred R. Myers. eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. 380 pp.
The Death of Authentic Primitive Art and Other Tales of Progress. Shelly Errington. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 309 pp.     

Hair in African Art and Culture

Hair in African Art and Culture. The Museum for African Art, New York, February 9–May 28, 2000 (review venue); Apex Museum, Atlanta, July–September 2000; Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, October–December 2000; Museum of African American History, Detroit, January–April 2001; California African American Museum, Los Angeles, May–August 2001.
Hair in African Art and Culture. Roy Sieber and Frank Herreman. eds. New York: The Museum for African Art; Munich, London, New York: Prestel, 2000. 192 pp.     

Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth Century

Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth Century. Steven C. Brown. Seattle: The Seattle Art Museum in association with the University of Washington Press, 1998. 116pp.     

Diversité de l'ADN mitochondrial et histoire du peuplement des îles San Pietro et San Antioco (Sardaigne-Italie)

La séquence de la zone hypervariable I de l'ADNmt est analysée dans deux isolats sardes: San Pietro (44 individus) et San Antioco (42 individus). Les résultats obtenus sont confrontés à ceux d'autres populations méditerranéennes. Les paramètres étudiés mettent en évidence une occupation de l'espace méditerranéen à partir de migrations du Moyen Orient. Ces phénomènes, relativement lents et complexes, auraient débuté, selon nos résultats, au paléolithique supérieur, il y a 40000 ans environ avec des différences selon les populations en fonction de leurs caractéristiques géographiques historiques et climatiques. La corrélation avec des données paléanthropologiques et historiques semble confirmer nos résultats.

     

Complementary Angles and Inclusive Perspectives: Rounding Out Integrative Views of Material Culture

Crafting Gender: Women and Folk Art in Latin America and the Caribbean . Eli Barta, ed. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. 244 pp.
Clothing the Pacific . Chloë Colchester. Oxford: Berg, 2003. 215 pp.
Wedding Dress across Cultures . Helen Bradley Foster and Donald Clay Johnson, eds. Oxford: Berg, 2003. 227 pp.     

Hollywood Icons, Local Demons

Hollywood Icons, Local Demons: Ghanaian Popular Paintings by Mark Anthony. Widener Art Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford, CT: January 31-March 31, 2000 (review venue); Kansas City Gallery of Art, University of Missouri, Kansas City, September 8-October 27, 2000; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, July 14-September 25, 2001; Lowe Art Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY: December 10-January 25, 2002 (pending funding).
Hollywood Icons, Local Demons: Ghanaian Popular Paintings by Mark Anthony. Michelle Gilbert. Hartford, CT. Trinity College, 2000.72 pp.     

Book Reviews

Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes. Edited by Ruth Osterweis Selig. Marilyn R. London; illustrated by Robert L. Humphrey. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. 1998. 348 pp. (hardcover) $35. ISBN: 1-56098-763-4; (paperback) $17.95. ISBN: 1-56098-790-1.

Art in Chemistry: Chemistry in Art. Barbara R. Greenberg and Dianna Patterson. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1998. 259 pp. (paperback) $26.50. ISBN: 1-56308-487-2.

Teacher's Weather Sourcebook. Tom Konvicka. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1999. 321 pp. (paperback) $25. ISBN: 1-56308-488-0.

Transforming Middle School Science Education. Paul de Hart Hurd. New York: Teachers College. 2000. $19.95. ISBN: 0-8077-3922-7.

Plays of Exploration and Discovery for Grades 4-6. L. E. McCullough. Lyme, N.H.: Smith and Kraus. 1999. 157 pp. (paperback) $14.95. ISBN: 1-575-25113-2.     

Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, A.D. 600–800: A Poetics of Line

Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, A.D. 600–800: A Poetics of Line. Adam Herring. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 316 pp.     

Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art

Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art. Gerald McMaster. ed-Seattle: University of Washington Press and Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1998.164 pp.     

Native America Collected: The Culture of an Art World.

Native America Collected: The Culture of an Art World. Margaret Dubin. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2001. 224 pp.     

La tradición del Amate: Innovatión y protesta en el arte Mexicano/TheAmate Tradition: Innovation and Dissent in Mexican Art

La tradición del Amate: Innovatión. protesta en el arte Mexicano/TheAmate Tradition: Innovation and Dissent in Mexican Art. Jonathan D. Amith. ed. Chicago: Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum; Coyoacán, Mexico: La Casa de las lm´genes, 1996.168 pp.     

Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art

Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art. Fred R. Myers. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002. 410 pp.     

Folk Art Potters of Japan: Beyond an Anthropology of Aesthetics

Folk Art Potters of Japan: Beyond an Anthropology of Aesthetics. Brian Moeran. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.272 pp.     

Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory.

Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory. Alfred Gell. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 271 pp.     

Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo to Now

Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo to Now. Martin Kemp and Marina Wallace. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. 232 pp.     

Trading Identities: The Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700–1900

Trading Identities: The Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700-1900. Ruth B. Phillips. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998. 334 pp.