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Zusatztext 'I found myself engaged! enraged! and sometimes elated in reading it! and often added exclamations! question marks! curses! and kudos in the margins. I warmly recommend that you interact with it yourself.' - H. Martin Wobst! Antiquity'This! the offspring of the 1992 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference! must rank! in its breadth and diversity! as one of the most stimulating books in recent years on the evolution of hominid and early human culture ... It would be hard to come away from it without having been excited by some new thoughts or perspectives on the subjects covered.' - Journal of Human Evolution'Most Palaeoanthropologists - not just archaeologists - will identify something of direct interest in this collection.' - The Archaeological Journal Informationen zum Autor Shennan, Stephen; Steele, James Klappentext Archaeologists and biological anthroplogists set out their methods for reconstructing the social systems and cultural traditions of our ancestors; an essential introduction to the subject for advanced undergraduates and researchers. Zusammenfassung Archaeologists and biological anthroplogists set out their methods for reconstructing the social systems and cultural traditions of our ancestors; an essential introduction to the subject for advanced undergraduates and researchers. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations, List of tables, List of contributors, General editor’s prefacw, Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I: COMPARATIVE APPROACHES TO HOMINID SOCIOECOLOGY, PART II: ORIGINS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD, PART III: THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOUR IN MODERN HUMAN FORAGING SOCIETIES, PART IV: COGNITION AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS IN MODERN HUMAN SOCIETIES, Index
