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Forager-traders in south and southeast Asia : long-term histories /

In both South and Southeast Asia, many upland groups make a living through various combinations of foraging and hunting. This book uses a series of detailed comparative case-studies to re-evaluate forager-trader groups and place them within the surrounding political, economic and social worlds of So...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Morrison, Kathleen D. (Éditeur intellectuel), Junker, Laura Lee, 1958- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Table des matières:
  • Historicizing adaptation, adapting to history: forager-traders in South and Southeast Asia / Kathleen D. Morrison
  • Part I. South Asia:
  • Introduction / Kathleen D. Morrison
  • Hunting and gathering strategies in prehistoric India: a biocultural perspective on trade and subsistence / John R. Lukacs
  • Harappans and hunters: economic interaction and specialization in prehistoric India / Gregory L. Possehl
  • Gender and social organization in the reliefs of the Nilgiri Hills / Allen Zagarell
  • Pepper in the hills: upland-lowland exchange and the intensification of the spice trade / Kathleen D. Morrison
  • Part II. Southeast Asia:
  • Introduction / Laura L. Junker
  • Hunters and traders in northern Australia / Sandra Bowdler
  • Foragers, farmers, and traders in the Malayan Peninsula: origins of cultural and biological diversity / Alan Fix
  • Economic specialization and inter-ethnic trade between foragers and farmers in the prehispanic Philippines / Laura L. Junker.