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The anthropology of hunter-gatherers : key themes for archaeologists /
This book provides a basic introduction to key debates in the study of hunter-gatherers, specifically from an anthropological perspective, but designed for an archaeological audience. Hunter-gatherers have been the focus of intense anthropological research and discussion over the last hundred years,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Debates in archaeology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; A note on names; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Can the study of modern hunter-gatherers help us understand the past?; The aim of the volume; What constitutes a 'modern' hunter-gatherer and who studies them?; What is ethnographic analogy?; Analogy; Conclusion; 2 Making a living: Hunter-gatherer subsistence; Introduction; Hunting; Gathering; Fishing and marine resources; Immediate and delayed return systems; Beyond hunting and gathering: Dealing with domestication and domesticates.
- Ethnographic analogy: Understanding past subsistenceConclusions; 3 Moving on up: Mobility and settlement; Introduction; Why do hunter-gatherers move?; Hunter-gatherer sites and dwellings; Hunter-gatherer sedentism; Problems of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 4 Complex issues: Society and social organization; Introduction; Characterizing society; Hunter-gatherers and gender; Kinship; Problems of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 5 Thinking about the world: Hunter-gatherer belief systems; Introduction; Animism; Creation mythology and understanding the universe; Shamanism?
- Rites of passage: From birth to deathThe use of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 6 Being in the world: Hunter-gatherer landscapes; Introduction; Landscapes and hunter-gatherers; The moral landscape; Hunter-gatherer rock art; The use of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 7 Living in a material world: Hunter-gatherer material culture; Introduction; Hunter-gatherer material culture; Sharing, trade, exchange and gift-giving; Problems of ethnographic analogy; Conclusion; 8 Conclusions: How the study of modern hunter-gatherers can help us understand the past; Introduction.
- Thinking about ethnographic analogyBeyond hunter-gatherers; Conclusions; References; Index.