| Description |
341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
The Biosocial Society symposium series ; 13 |
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Biosocial Society symposium series ; 13
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| Contents |
1. Lines of enquiry / Catherine Panter-Brick, Robert H. Layton and Peter Rowley-Conwy -- 2. The behavioural ecology of hunter-gatherers / Bruce Winterhalder -- 3. Time, change and the archaeology of hunter-gatherers: how original is the 'Original Affluent Society'? / Peter Rowley-Conwy -- 4. Hunter-gatherer technology: macro- and microscale approaches / Robin Torrence -- 5. The antiquity of hunter-gatherers / Steven L. Kuhn and Mary C. Stiner -- 6. Language shift and language spread among hunter-gatherers / Patrick McConvell -- 7. Hunter-gatherer demography / Renee Pennington -- 8. Nutritional ecology: diet, physical activity and body size / Mark R. Jenike -- 9. Evolutionary biology and health of hunter-gatherer populations / Alain Froment -- 10. Hunting for images, gathering up meanings: art for life in hunting-gathering societies / Margaret W. Conkey -- 11. Hunter-gatherers, their neighbours and the nation state / Robert H. Layton |
| Summary |
"Analyses of the ecology, biology and society of past and present-day hunter-gatherers are at the core of this interdisciplinary volume. Since the seminal work of Man the Hunter in 1968, new research in these three areas has become increasingly specialised, and the lines of communication between academic disciplines have all but broken down. This volume aims to re-establish an interdisciplinary debate, presenting critical issues commanding an ongoing interest in hunter-gatherer research, covering evolution and history, demography and biology, technology, social organisation, art and language of diverse groups. As a reference text, this book will be useful to scholars and students of social anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology and human sciences"--Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Hunting and gathering societies -- Research.
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| Author |
Layton, Robert, 1944-
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Panter-Brick, Catherine, 1959-
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Rowley-Conwy, Peter.
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| LC no. |
00058511 |
| ISBN |
0521776724 (pb) |
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