Thoughtful Foragers - A Study of Prehistoric Decision Making

Klappentext Thoughtful Foragers is about hunter-gatherer decision making. Zusammenfassung Thoughtful Foragers will appeal to specialists in European prehistory as well as to those interested in archaeological theory and method. It makes some very significant advances! which will be of real importance for the field of evolutionary theory in relation to human evolution and the evaluation of human social systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; 1. Introduction; Part I. Learning from the present: 2. The eco-psychology of decision making; 3. The ethnography of hunter-gatherer decision making; Part II. Mesolithic foraging and society: 4. Broken bones and buried bodies: patterns in the archaeological record; 5. Gearing up with methodological tools: building a simulation model; 6. Decision making in the Mesolithic: multiple action replays; Part III. Upper Palaeolithic Art and Economy; 7. Seeking the decision maker: faunal assemblages and hunting behaviour; 8. Through a hunter's eyes ... and into his mind?; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Mithen, Steven J. Mithen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521102889
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10288-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)