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The Foraging Spectrum

Author : R. J. Kelly
Publisher : Eliot Werner Publications/Percheron Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book The Foraging Spectrum written by R. J. Kelly and published by Eliot Werner Publications/Percheron Press. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author wrote this book primarily for his archaeology students, to show them how dangerous anthropological analogy is and how variable the actual practices of foragers of the recent past and today are. His survey of anthropological literature points to differences in foraging societies' patterns of diet, mobility, sharing, land tenure, exchange, gender relations, division of labour, marriage, descent and political organisation. By considering the actual, not imagined, reasons behind diverse behaviour this book argues for a revision of many archaeological models of prehistory. From the reviews "[A]n excellent overview of key issues in hunter-gatherer studies." Alan Barnard in American Ethnologist "Not since Man the Hunter has there been such a synthesis and such a mix of stimulating ideas. This will be the authoritative work on hunter/gatherers for a good number of years." Brian Hayden in Canadian Journal of Archaeology "[A]uthoritative, comprehensive, and highly readable. . . . A well-worn and heavily annotated copy should be the companion of anyone claiming an interest or expertise in present or past hunter-gatherers." Bruce Winterhalder in American Antiquity Prepublication praise "The Foraging Spectrum [is] a well-written, scrupulously researched synthesis of modern approaches to foraging behavior, both past and present." David Hurst Thomas, American Museum of Natural History "A tour de force of scholarship in behavioral ecology." Mathias Guenther, Wilfred Laurier University

The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers

Author : Robert L. Kelly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107024870
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers by : Robert L. Kelly

Download or read book The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers written by Robert L. Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes their diversity.

Hunter-Gatherers

Author : Catherine Panter-Brick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521776721
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Hunter-Gatherers written by Catherine Panter-Brick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-29 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2001 volume is an interdisciplinary text on hunter-gatherer populations world-wide.

Hunter-gatherer Foraging

Author : Robert L. Bettinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979773136
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (731 download)

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Download or read book Hunter-gatherer Foraging written by Robert L. Bettinger and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a primer on foraging models relevant to the study of hunter-gatherers.

Beyond Foraging and Collecting

Author : Ben Fitzhugh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461505437
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Foraging and Collecting written by Ben Fitzhugh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume includes new research on the theoretical implications regarding the mechanisms of change in the geographical distribution of hunter-gatherer settlement and land use. It focuses on the long-term changes in the hunter-gatherer settlement on a global scale, including research from several continents. It will be of interest to archaeologists and cultural anthropologists working in the field of the forager/ collector model throughout the world.

The Architecture of Hunting

Author : Ashley Lemke
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623499232
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of Hunting written by Ashley Lemke and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the most significant economic innovations in prehistory, hunting architecture radically altered life and society for hunter-gatherers. The development of these structures indicates that foragers designed their environments, had a deep knowledge of animal behavior, and interacted with each other in complex ways that reach beyond previous assumptions. Combining underwater archaeology, terrestrial archaeology, and ethnographic and historical research, The Architecture of Hunting investigates the creation and use of hunting architecture by hunter-gatherers. Hunting architecture—including blinds, drive lanes, and fishing weirs—is a global phenomenon found across a broad spectrum of cultures, time, geography, and environments. Relying on similar behaviors in species such as caribou, bison, guanacos, antelope, and gazelles, cultures as diverse as Sami reindeer herders, the Inka, and ancient bison hunters on the North American plains have employed such structures, combined with strategically situated landforms, to ensure adequate food supplies while maintaining a nomadic way of life. Using examples of hunting architecture from across the globe and how they influence forager mobility, territoriality, property, leadership, and labor aggregation, Ashley Lemke explores this architecture as a form of human niche construction and considers the myriad ways such built structures affect hunter-gatherer lifeways. Bringing together diverse sources under the single category of “hunting architecture,” The Architecture of Hunting serves as the new standard guide for anyone interested in hunter-gatherers and their built environment.

Hunter-Gatherers

Author : Robert L. Bettinger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489906584
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Book Synopsis Hunter-Gatherers by : Robert L. Bettinger

Download or read book Hunter-Gatherers written by Robert L. Bettinger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunter-gatherers are the quintessential anthropological topic. They constitute the subject matter that, in the last instance, separates anthropology from its sister social science disciplines: psychology, sociology, economics, and political science. In that central position, hunter-gatherers are the acid test to which any reasonably comprehensive anthropological theory must be applied. Several such theories-some narrow, some broad-are examined in light of the hunter gatherer case in this book. My purpose, then, is that of a review of ideas rather than of a literature. I do not-probably could not-survey all that has been written about hunter-gatherers: Many more works are ignored than considered. That is not because the ones ignored are uninteresting, but because it is my broader purpose to concentrate on certain theoretical contributions to anthro pology in which hunter-gatherers figure most prominently. The book begins with two chapters that deal with the history of anthro pological research and theory in relation to hunter-gatherers. The point is not to present a comprehensive or even-handed accounting of developments. Rather, I sketch a history of selected ideas that have determined the manner in which social scientists have viewed, and thus studied, hunter-gatherers. This lays the groundwork for subjects subsequently addressed and establishes two funda mental points. First, the social sciences have always portrayed hunter-gatherers in ways that serve their theories; in short, hunter-gatherer research has always been a theoretical enterprise. Second, these theoretical treatments have gener ally been either evolutionary or materialist-or both-in perspective.

Why Forage?

Author : Brian F. Codding
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826356966
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Why Forage? written by Brian F. Codding and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4: Twenty-First-Century Hunting and Gathering among Western and Central Kalahari San / Robert K. Hitchcock and Maria Sapignoli -- 5: Why Do So Few Hadza Farm? / Nicholas Blurton Jones -- 6: In Pursuit of the Individual: Recent Economic Opportunities and the Persistence of Traditional Forager-Farmer Relationships in the Southwestern Central African Republic / Karen D. Lupo -- 7: What Now?: Big Game Hunting, Economic Change, and the Social Strategies of Bardi Men / James E. Coxworth

The Archaic Southwest

Author : Bradley J. Vierra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607817420
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Archaic Southwest written by Bradley J. Vierra and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although humans in the Southwest were hunter-gatherers for about 85 percent of their history, the majority of the archaeological research in the region has focused on the Formative period. In recent years, however, the amount of data on the Archaic period has grown exponentially due to the magnitude of cultural resource management projects in this region. The Archaic Southwest: Foragers in an Arid Land is the first volume to synthesize this new data. The book begins with a history of the Archaic in the Four Corners region, followed by a compilation and interpretation of paleoenvironmental data gathered in the American Southwest. The next twelve chapters, each written by a regional expert, provide a variety of current research perspectives. The final two chapters present broad syntheses of the Southwest: the first addresses the initial spread of maize cultivation and the second considers present and future research directions. The reader will be astounded by the amount of research that has been conducted and how all this information can be woven together to form a long-term picture of hunter-gatherer life.

In Search of the Broad Spectrum Revolution in Paleolithic Southwest Europe

Author : Emily Lena Jones
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319223518
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis In Search of the Broad Spectrum Revolution in Paleolithic Southwest Europe by : Emily Lena Jones

Download or read book In Search of the Broad Spectrum Revolution in Paleolithic Southwest Europe written by Emily Lena Jones and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people who inhabited Southwest Europe from 30,000 to 13,000 years ago are often portrayed as big game hunters – and indeed, in some locations (Cantabrian Spain, the Pyrenees, the Dordogne) the archaeological record supports this interpretation. But in other places, notably Mediterranean Iberia, the inhabitants focused their hunting efforts on smaller game, such as rabbits, fish, and birds. Were they less effective hunters? Were these environments depleted of red deer and other large game? Or is this evidence of Paleolithic people’s adaptability? This volume explores these questions, along the way delving into the history of the “bigger equals better” assumption; optimal foraging theory and niche construction theory; and patterns of environmental and subsistence change across the Pleistocene-Holocene transition.

The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory

Author : Graeme Barker
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199559953
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory written by Graeme Barker and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2009 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing one of the most debated revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming, this title takes a global view, and integrates an array of information from archaeology and many other disciplines, including anthropology, botany, climatology, genetics, linguistics, and zoology.

The Book of Frogs

Author : Tim Halliday
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022618479X
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Frogs written by Tim Halliday and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A huge, beautiful compendium of 600 frogs from around the world, from the famed poison-arrow variety on up to the intriguingly named plaintive rain frog.” —Wired With over 7,000 known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviors. A single gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the Golden Poison Frog can kill 100,000 people. Male Darwin’s Frogs carry their tadpoles in their vocal sacs for sixty days before coughing them out into the world. The Wood Frogs of North America freeze every winter, reanimating in the spring from the glucose and urea that prevent cell collapse. The Book of Frogs commemorates the diversity and magnificence of all of these creatures, and many more. Six hundred of nature’s most fascinating frog species are displayed, with each entry including a distribution map, sketches of the frogs, species identification, natural history, and conservation status. Life-size color photos show the frogs at their actual size—including the colossal seven-pound Goliath Frog. Accessibly written by expert Tim Halliday and containing the most up-to-date information, The Book of Frogs will captivate both veteran researchers and amateur herpetologists. As frogs increasingly make headlines for their troubling worldwide decline, the importance of these fascinating creatures to their ecosystems remains underappreciated. The Book of Frogs brings readers face to face with six hundred astonishingly unique and irreplaceable species that display a diverse array of adaptations to habitats that are under threat of destruction throughout the world. “If you are a serious (and I mean serious) fan of the frog, you are in for a real treat.” —Boing Boing

The Evolution of Human Societies

Author : Allen W. Johnson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804740326
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Human Societies written by Allen W. Johnson and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining original theoretical ideas and interpretation with ethnographic evidence, Johnson and Earle seek to describe and account for the development of complex human societies. A wealth of case studies are referred to throughout and these are used to support arguments for the proposed causes, mechanisms and patterns of change and for the factors involved, such as technological change, population growth, warfare, the exchange of goods. This second edition sees a complete re-writing of the theoretical chapters, taking account of recent research, plus a new chapter on changes since the Industrial Revolution and the globalisation of society.

The Foragers of Point Hope

Author : Charles E. Hilton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139992104
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book The Foragers of Point Hope written by Charles E. Hilton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, above the Arctic Circle, the prehistoric settlements at Point Hope, Alaska, represent a truly remarkable accomplishment in human biological and cultural adaptations. Presenting a set of anthropological analyses on the human skeletal remains and cultural material from the Ipiutak and Tigara archaeological sites, The Foragers of Point Hope sheds new light on the excavations from 1939–41, which provided one of the largest sets of combined biological and cultural materials of northern latitude peoples in the world. A range of material items indicated successful human foraging strategies in this harsh Arctic environment. They also yielded enigmatic artifacts indicative of complex human cultural life filled with dense ritual and artistic expression. These remnants of past human activity contribute to a crucial understanding of past foraging lifeways and offer important insights into the human condition at the extreme edges of the globe.

Economic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies

Author : Frederic L. Pryor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521849043
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Economic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies written by Frederic L. Pryor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

The Fifth Beginning

Author : Robert L. Kelly
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520303482
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Fifth Beginning written by Robert L. Kelly and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow.” This inscription in Tutankhamun’s tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. Here, archaeologist Robert L. Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, and the state. In each example, the author examines the long-term processes that resulted in a definitive, no-turning-back change for the organization of society. Kelly then looks ahead, giving us evidence for what he calls a fifth beginning, one that started about AD 1500. Some might call it “globalization,” but the author places it in its larger context: a five-thousand-year arms race, capitalism’s global reach, and the cultural effects of a worldwide communication network. Kelly predicts that the emergent phenomena of this fifth beginning will include the end of war as a viable way to resolve disputes, the end of capitalism as we know it, the widespread shift toward world citizenship, and the rise of forms of cooperation that will end the near-sacred status of nation-states. It’s the end of life as we have known it. However, the author is cautiously optimistic: he dwells not on the coming chaos, but on humanity’s great potential.

Genocide on Settler Frontiers

Author : Mohamed Adhikari
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782387390
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Genocide on Settler Frontiers written by Mohamed Adhikari and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European colonial conquest included many instances of indigenous peoples being exterminated. Cases where invading commercial stock farmers clashed with hunter-gatherers were particularly destructive, often resulting in a degree of dispossession and slaughter that destroyed the ability of these societies to reproduce themselves. The experience of aboriginal peoples in the settler colonies of southern Africa, Australia, North America, and Latin America bears this out. The frequency with which encounters of this kind resulted in the annihilation of forager societies raises the question of whether these conflicts were inherently genocidal, an issue not yet addressed by scholars in a systematic way.