Paperback. The author wrote this book (which was originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 1995) to show his archaeology students how dangerous anthropological analogy is and how variable the actual practices of foragers of the recent past and today are. His survey of the anthropological literature points to differences in foraging societies patterns of diet, mobility, sharing, land tenure, exchange, gender relations, division of labor, marriage, descent, and political organization. By considering the actualnot imaginedreasons behind diverse behaviour, this book argues for a revision of many archaeological models of prehistory. The author wrote this book to show his archaeology students how dangerous anthropological analogy is and how variable the actual practices of foragers of the recent past and today are. By considering the actualnot imaginedreasons behind diverse behaviour, this book argues for a revision of many archaeological models of prehistory. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Foraging Spectrum (Paperback)
Publisher: Eliot Werner Publications Inc, Clinton Corners
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0975273884
ISBN 13: 9780975273883
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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The author wrote this book primarily for his archaeology students, to show them how dangerous anthropological analogy is and how variable the actual practices of foragers of the recent past and today are. His survey of anthropological literature points to differences in foraging societies' patterns of diet, mobility, sharing, land tenure, exchange, gender relations, division of labour, marriage, descent and political organisation. By considering the actual, not imagined, reasons behind diverse behaviour this book argues for a revision of many archaeological models of prehistory.

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Robert L. Kelly, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

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