Hunter-gatherers : an interdisciplinary perspective /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. |
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| Description: | xii, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Biosocial Society symposium series ; Biosocial Society symposium series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4403142 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Lines of enquiry Catherine Panter-Brick
- 2. The behavioural ecology of hunter-gatherers
- 3. How original is the 'original affluent society'? Time, change and the archaeology of hunter-gatherers
- 4. Hunter-gatherer technology: macro and micro-scale approaches
- 5. The antiquity of hunter-gatherers
- 6. Language shift and language spread among hunter-gatherers
- 7. Hunter-gatherer demography
- 8. Nutritional ecology: diet, growth, physical activity and body size
- 9. Evolutionary biology of hunter-gatherer populations
- 10. Hunting for images, gathering up meanings: art for life in hunting-gathering societies
- 11. Hunter-gatherers, their neighbours and the nation state
- Glossary