Hunter Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology

Alan Barnard, Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology

Berg Publishers | ISBN 1859738257 | 2004 | PDF | 2.73 MB | 286 pages

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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