We at Carolina Academic Press continue our commitment to publishing innovative and scholarly works in the fields of anthropology and archaeology. Topices for new and forthcoming books include forensic, molecular, medical and social anthropology, archaeology law, and comparative folklore. Areas of focus range from Java to Scotland and from Oceania to Africa.

Some of our new and popular titles include Oceania: An Introduction to the Cultures and Identities of Pacific Islanders, a collaboration by six experts on different regions of Oceania; People and Things: Social Mediations in Oceania, a collection of eleven essays, each of which analyzes one or more forms of gift-giving, exchange, or ritual use of objects; Flesh and Bone: An Introduction to Forensic Anthropology, a comprehensive look at the methods and techniques used in the field; and Supernatural Enemies, a timely and wide-ranging study of supernatural enemies in artistic, literary, and popular traditions.

We continue to be enthusiastic about our series in Medical Anthropology edited by Andrew Strathern and Pamela Stewart of the University of Pittsburgh. The series includes the popular Curing and Healing, an introduction to medical anthropology that focuses on case studies in New Guinea as well as newer titles Healing the Modern in a Central Javanese City, Elusive Fragments: Making Power, Propriety & Health in Samoa and Endangered Species: Health, Illness and Death among Madagascar's People of the Forest. Several new titles are planned over the course of the next year.

Our acquisitions editors are always looking to develop new titles and explore areas where new, or better, publications are needed. If you have a proposal or an idea for a book, we invite you to submit it to us.