All that is central to the dynamic process in human society is evident in the study of hunter-gatherers - peoples whose subsistence way of life reflects the original form of human adaptation. This is the thesis of these wide-ranging volumes in which internationally leading scholars consider hunter-gatherer peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia and North America and reflect theoretically on the hunter-gatherer condition. Volume I takes a close look that the history, evolution and social change of hunter-gatherers, while Volume II looks at their property, power, and ideology. Together they offer a thorough overview, perfect for Social Anthropology courses.
All that is central to the dynamic process in human society is evident in the study of hunter-gatherers - peoples whose subsistence way of life reflects the original form of human adaptation. This is the thesis of these wide-ranging volumes in which internationally leading scholars consider hunter-gatherer peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia and North America and reflect theoretically on the hunter-gatherer condition. Volume I takes a close look that the history, evolution and social change of hunter-gatherers, while Volume II looks at their property, power, and ideology. Together they offer a thorough overview, perfect for Social Anthropology courses.
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List of Plates, Figures and Maps ix List of Tables x Preface 1(3) Twenty years of history, evolution and social change in gatherer-hunter studies 4(11) Barbara Bender Brian Morris Part 1 Hunters and gatherers and outsiders 15(58) Hunters and gatherers and other people---a re-examination 17(14) Nurit H. Bird-David African hunter-gatherer social organization: is it best understood as a product of encapsulation? 31(34) James Woodburn Free or doomed? Images of the Hadzabe hunters and gatherers of Tanzania 65(8) D. K. Ndagala Part 2 Flux, sedentism and change 73(62) The complexities of residential organization among the Efe (Mbuti) and the Bagombi (Baka): a critical view of the notion of flux in hunter-gatherer societies 75(16) Jon Pedersen Espen Waehle Pressures for Tamil Propriety in Paliyan social organization 91(16) Peter M. Gardner Tributary tradition and relations of affinity and gender among the Sumatran Kubu 107(10) Oyvind Sandbukt Foraging, starch extraction and the sedentary lifestyle in the lowland rainforest of central Seram 117(18) Roy Ellen Part 3 Historical and evolutionary transformations 135(70) At the frontier: some arguments against hunter-gathering and farming modes of production in southern Africa 137(11) Martin Hall Palaeopolitics: resource intensification in Aboriginal Australia and Papua New Guinea 148(13) Harry Lourandos Politics and production among the Calusa of south Florida 161(28) William H. Marquardt Hunters and gatherers of the sea 189(16) Gisli Palsson Part 4 Theoretical and Comparative Approaches 205(81) Hominids, humans and hunter-gatherers: an evolutionary perspective 207(15) Robert Foley Risk and uncertainty in the `original affluent society: evolutionary ecology of resource-sharing and land tenure 222(30) Eric Alden Smith Reflections on primitive communism 252(17) Richard B. Lee Notes on the foraging mode of production 269(17) Tim Ingold References 286(29) Index 315(14) Notes on Contributors 329
Tim Ingold Department of Social Anthropology,University of Manchester Riches David Riches Department of Social Anthropology, University of St. Andrews James Woodburn Department of Social Anthropology, London School of Economics
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