| Description |
xvi, 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Hunter-Gatherers and Anthropology -- 2. Environment, Evolution, and Anthropological Theory -- 3. Foraging and Subsistence -- 4. Foraging and Mobility -- 5. Sharing, Exchange, and Land Tenure -- 6. Group Size and Reproduction -- 7. Men, Women, and Foraging -- 8. Egalitarian and Nonegalitarian Hunter-Gatherers -- 9. Hunter-Gatherers and Prehistory |
| Summary |
By considering the actual, not imagined, reasons behind diverse behavior, The Foraging Spectrum argues for a revision of many archaeological models of prehistory. Written for archaeologists and ethnologists outside the field of hunter-gatherer research, it stresses explaining, rather than explaining away, variability |
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Because most of humanity's time as a species has been spent in a hunting-and-gathering subsistence mode, living hunter-gatherers have always played a pivotal role in interpretations of pre-history and anthropological theory. It is widely believed that "human nature" can be seen more clearly at this "stage" than at any other. Challenging this preconception, Robert L. Kelly crafts a new theoretical position by emphasizing the diversity among hunter-gatherer societies - a diversity that belies attempts to establish a single model of a predominant or "original" foraging lifeway. Kelly reviews the anthropological literature for the differences among ethnographically known hunter-gatherers |
| Analysis |
Ethnic groups Culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-433) and index |
| Subject |
Hunting and gathering societies.
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| LC no. |
94021100 |
| ISBN |
1560984651 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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156098466X (paper : alk. paper) |
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