Hunter-Gatherers Archaeological and Evolutionary Theory

Hunter-gatherer research has played a historically central role in the development of anthropological and evolutionary theory. Today, research in this traditional and enduringly vital field blurs lines of distinction between archaeology and ethnology, and seeks instead to develop perspectives and th...

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Main Authors: Bettinger, Robert L., Garvey, Raven (Author), Tushingham, Shannon (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2015, 2015
Edition:2nd ed. 2015
Series:Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Historical Approaches to Hunter-Gatherers
  • Chapter 1: Progressive Social Evolution and Hunter-Gatherers
  • Chapter 2: The History of Americanist Hunter-Gatherer Research
  • Part II. Theories of Limited Sets
  • Chapter 3: Middle-Range Theory and Hunter-Gatherers
  • Chapter 4: Hunter-Gatherers as Optimal Foragers
  • Chapter 5: More Complex Models of Optimal Behavior among Hunter-Gatherers
  • Part III. Theories of General Sets
  • Chapter 6: Marxist and Structural Marxist Perspectives of Hunter-Gatherers
  • Chapter 7: Neo-Darwinian Theory and Hunter-Gatherers
  • Chapter 8: Hunter-Gatherers and Neo-Darwinian Cultural Transmission
  • Chapter 9: Hunter-Gatherers: Problems in Theory