Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and AnthropologyAlan Barnard, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUNTING AND The study of hunter-gatherers has had a profound impact on thinking about human nature and about the nature of society. The subject has especially influenced ideas on social evolution and on the development of human culture. Anthropologists and archaeologists continue to investigate living hunter-gatherers and the remains of past hunter-gatherer societies in the hope of unearthing the secrets of our ancestors and learning something of the natural existence of humankind. Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology provides a definitive overview of hunter-gatherer historiography, from the earliest anthropological writings through to the present day. What can early visions of the hunter-gatherer tell us about the societies that generated them? How do diverse national traditions, such as American, Russian and Japanese, manifest themselves in hunter-gatherer research? What is the most up-to-date thinking on the subject and how does it reflect current trends within the social sciences? This book provides a much-needed overview of the history of thought on one of science's most intriguing subjects. It will serve as a landmark text for anthropologists, archaeologists and students researching anthropological theory or the history of social anthropology and related disciplines. |
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Nature (La) nature des esprits dans les cosmologies autochtones / Nature of ... Limited preview - 2007 |
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| Title | Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Editors | Alan Barnard, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUNTING AND |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Berg Publishers, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 7, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1859738206, 9781859738207 |
| Length | 278 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Anthropology / General Social Science / Archaeology |
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