The anthropology of hunter-gatherers : key themes for archaeologists /: key themes for archaeologists. ([2013])
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- Book
- Title:
- The anthropology of hunter-gatherers : key themes for archaeologists /: key themes for archaeologists. ([2013])
- Main Title:
- The anthropology of hunter-gatherers : key themes for archaeologists
- Further Information:
- Note: Vicki Cummings.
- Other Names:
- Cummings, Vicki
- Contents:
- Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; A note on names; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Can the study of modern hunter-gatherers help us understand the past?; The aim of the volume; What constitutes a 'modern' hunter-gatherer and who studies them?; What is ethnographic analogy?; Analogy; Conclusion; 2 Making a living: Hunter-gatherer subsistence; Introduction; Hunting; Gathering; Fishing and marine resources; Immediate and delayed return systems; Beyond hunting and gathering: Dealing with domestication and domesticates. Ethnographic analogy: Understanding past subsistenceConclusions; 3 Moving on up: Mobility and settlement; Introduction; Why do hunter-gatherers move?; Hunter-gatherer sites and dwellings; Hunter-gatherer sedentism; Problems of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 4 Complex issues: Society and social organization; Introduction; Characterizing society; Hunter-gatherers and gender; Kinship; Problems of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 5 Thinking about the world: Hunter-gatherer belief systems; Introduction; Animism; Creation mythology and understanding the universe; Shamanism? Rites of passage: From birth to deathThe use of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 6 Being in the world: Hunter-gatherer landscapes; Introduction; Landscapes and hunter-gatherers; The moral landscape; Hunter-gatherer rock art; The use of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 7 Living in a material world: Hunter-gathererCover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; A note on names; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Can the study of modern hunter-gatherers help us understand the past?; The aim of the volume; What constitutes a 'modern' hunter-gatherer and who studies them?; What is ethnographic analogy?; Analogy; Conclusion; 2 Making a living: Hunter-gatherer subsistence; Introduction; Hunting; Gathering; Fishing and marine resources; Immediate and delayed return systems; Beyond hunting and gathering: Dealing with domestication and domesticates. Ethnographic analogy: Understanding past subsistenceConclusions; 3 Moving on up: Mobility and settlement; Introduction; Why do hunter-gatherers move?; Hunter-gatherer sites and dwellings; Hunter-gatherer sedentism; Problems of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 4 Complex issues: Society and social organization; Introduction; Characterizing society; Hunter-gatherers and gender; Kinship; Problems of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 5 Thinking about the world: Hunter-gatherer belief systems; Introduction; Animism; Creation mythology and understanding the universe; Shamanism? Rites of passage: From birth to deathThe use of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 6 Being in the world: Hunter-gatherer landscapes; Introduction; Landscapes and hunter-gatherers; The moral landscape; Hunter-gatherer rock art; The use of ethnographic analogy; Conclusions; 7 Living in a material world: Hunter-gatherer material culture; Introduction; Hunter-gatherer material culture; Sharing, trade, exchange and gift-giving; Problems of ethnographic analogy; Conclusion; 8 Conclusions: How the study of modern hunter-gatherers can help us understand the past; Introduction. Thinking about ethnographic analogyBeyond hunter-gatherers; Conclusions; References; Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London New York : Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- Subjects:
- 306.3/64
Hunting and gathering societies
Archaeology
Antiquities, Prehistoric
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
Antiquities, Prehistoric
Archaeology
Hunting and gathering societies
Wildbeuter
Ethnologie
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781472504135
1472504135 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781780932026
1780932022
9781472504142
1472584023
9781472584021 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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