Hadza
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anthropologists
anthropology
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Author_Frank Marlowe
behavioral ecology
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contemporary anthropology
early humans
east africa
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ethnographers
evolutionary perspective
firsthand research
foraging lifestyle
hadza
human behavior
human evolutionary theory
human origins
hunter gatherers
material culture
nonfiction
olduvai gorge
origins of culture
quantitative ethnography
religion
serengeti
social structure
society
subsistence
tanzania
traditional culture
Product details
- ISBN 9780520253414
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Mar 2010
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In "The Hadza", Frank Marlowe provides a quantitative ethnography of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists and archaeologists for maintaining a foraging lifestyle in a region that is key to understanding human origins. Marlowe ably applies his years of research with the Hadza to cover the traditional topics in ethnography - subsistence, material culture, religion, and social structure. But the book's unique contribution is to introduce readers to the more contemporary field of behavioral ecology, which attempts to understand human behavior from an evolutionary perspective. To that end, "The Hadza" also articulates the necessary background for readers whose exposure to human evolutionary theory is minimal.
Frank Marlowe is Professor of Anthropology at Florida State University.
