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Beyond Foraging and Collecting
. Ed(S): Fitzhugh, Ben; Habu, Junko
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Hardback. Includes research on the theoretical implications regarding the mechanisms of change in the geographical distribution of hunter-gatherer settlement and land use. This title focuses on the long-term changes in the hunter-gatherer settlement on a global scale, including research from several continents. Editor(s): Fitzhugh, Ben; Habu, Junko. Series: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology. Num Pages: 442 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1820.
LEWIS R. BINFORD AND AMBER L. JOHNSON The organizers of this volume have brought together authors who have worked on local sequences, much as traditional archaeologists tended to do, however, with the modern goal of addressing evolutionary change in hunter-gatherer systems over long time spans. Given this ambitious goal they wisely chose to ask the authors to build their treatments around a focal question, the utility of the forager-eollector continuum (Binford 1980) for research on archaeological sequences. Needless to say, Binford was flat tered by their choice and understandably read the papers with a great deal of interest. When he ... Read more
LEWIS R. BINFORD AND AMBER L. JOHNSON The organizers of this volume have brought together authors who have worked on local sequences, much as traditional archaeologists tended to do, however, with the modern goal of addressing evolutionary change in hunter-gatherer systems over long time spans. Given this ambitious goal they wisely chose to ask the authors to build their treatments around a focal question, the utility of the forager-eollector continuum (Binford 1980) for research on archaeological sequences. Needless to say, Binford was flat tered by their choice and understandably read the papers with a great deal of interest. When he ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
Series
Fundamental Issues in Archaeology
Number of Pages
442
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306467530
SKU
V9780306467530
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Reviews for Beyond Foraging and Collecting
"[...]important work that will be widely read by professionals and students alike. [...] The editors should be congratulated for pulling together this excellent review of the state of the art in hunter-gatherer settlement and subsistence research in archaeology." (SAS Bulletin, 26:2, 2003) "Binford's work stopped short of examining evolutionary change in mobility and subsistence regimes over ... Read more