Hunter-Gatherers - An Interdisciplinary Perspective

This 2001 volume is an interdisciplinary text on hunter-gatherer populations world-wide.

List of contents

1. Lines of enquiry Catherine Panter-Brick, Robert H. Layton and Peter Rowley-Conwy; 2. The behavioural ecology of hunter-gatherers Bruce Winterhalder; 3. How original is the 'original affluent society'? Time, change and the archaeology of hunter-gatherers Peter Rowley-Conwy; 4. Hunter-gatherer technology: macro and micro-scale approaches Robin Torrence; 5. The antiquity of hunter-gatherers Steven L. Kuhn and Mary C. Stiner; 6. Language shift and language spread among hunter-gatherers Patrick McConvell; 7. Hunter-gatherer demography Renee Pennington; 8. Nutritional ecology: diet, growth, physical activity and body size Mark Jenike; 9. Evolutionary biology of hunter-gatherer populations Alain Froment; 10. Hunting for images, gathering up meanings: art for life in hunting-gathering societies Margaret W. Conkey; 11. Hunter-gatherers, their neighbours and the nation state Robert H. Layton; Glossary.

Summary

This 2001 volume presents reviews from a variety of disciplines to give a broad-brush view of diverse hunter-gatherer groups. Presenting issues from both the social and biological sciences, it will serve as a useful reference text for all those interested in social anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology and human sciences.

Product details

• Assisted by: Robert Layton (Editor), Robert H. Layton (Editor), Catherine Panter-Brick (Editor), Peter Rowley-Conwy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2013
• EAN: 9780521772105
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77210-5
• No. of pages: 354
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 664 g
• Series: Biosocial Society Symposium
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)