Peter Peregrine
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Professor of Anthropology
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Purdue University, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: anthropological theory, the evolution of complex
societies, culture contact and culture change, the integration of archeology
and ethnology, the teaching of anthropology
"It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin barefoot irreverence
to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question
it" Jacob Bronowski, The Ascent of Man (1975)
General Information
Academic Information, Winter 2012
Keep in mind this modern Chinese proverb: "The civilization is visited while lasting hygiene while not throuing out everywhere the peel without cave and spit" (Recorded in Suzhou, March, 2004).
Comments to: Peter.N.Peregrine@Lawrence.edu
revised: 5DEC2011