Hunter-Gatherers Archaeological and Evolutionary Theory
Hunter-gatherers are the quintessential anthropological topic. They constitute the subject matter that, in the last instance, separates anthropology from its sister social science disciplines: psychology, sociology, economics, and political science. In that central position, hunter-gatherers are the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1991, 1991
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1991 |
| Series: | Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 • Progressive Social Evolution and Hunter-Gatherers
- 2 • The History of Americanist Hunter-Gatherer Research
- 3 • Middle-Range Theory and Hunter-Gatherers
- 4 • Hunter-Gatherers as Optimal Foragers
- 5 • More Complex Models of Optimal Behavior among Hunter-Gatherers
- 6 • Marxist and Structural Marxist Perspectives of Hunter-Gatherers
- 7 • Neo-Darwinian Theory and Hunter-Gatherers
- 8 • Hunter-Gatherers and Neo-Darwinian Cultural Transmission
- 9 • Hunter-Gatherers: Problems in Theory
- References