Thoughtful foragers : a study of prehistoric decision making /
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| Author / Creator: | Mithen, Steven R. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. |
| Description: | xii, 289 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New studies in archaeology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/998995 |
Table of Contents:
- 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