Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology
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Ethnographic Analogies
ethnographic methodology
foraging strategies
Great Basin
Great Basin Region
human culture
human nature
Hunter Gatherer Life
Hunter Gatherer Research
Hunter Gatherer Societies
Hunter Gatherer Specialists
Hunter Gatherer Studies
hunter-gatherers
Indian Peoples
indigenous subsistence systems
Julian Steward
Kalahari Debate
Modern Hunter Gatherer
Multilinear Evolution
Optimal Foraging
Optimal Foraging Theory
Past Tense
social anthropology
social evolution theory
Socio-economic Development
Sociocultural Integration
Star Carrs
Steward's Work
Tamil Nadu
Tierra Del Fuego
Product details
- ISBN 9781859738207
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The study of hunter-gatherers has had a profound impact on thinking about human nature and about the nature of society. The subject has especially influenced ideas on social evolution and on the development of human culture. Anthropologists and archaeologists continue to investigate living hunter-gatherers and the remains of past hunter-gatherer societies in the hope of unearthing the secrets of our ancestors and learning something of the natural existence of humankind. Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology provides a definitive overview of hunter-gatherer historiography, from the earliest anthropological writings through to the present day. What can early visions of the hunter-gatherer tell us about the societies that generated them? How do diverse national traditions, such as American, Russian and Japanese, manifest themselves in hunter-gatherer research? What is the most up-to-date thinking on the subject and how does it reflect current trends within the social sciences? This book provides a much-needed overview of the history of thought on one of science's most intriguing subjects. It will serve as a landmark text for anthropologists, archaeologists and students researching anthropological theory or the history of social anthropology and related disciplines.
Alan Barnard Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa,University of Edinburgh
