The foraging spectrum
diversity in hunter-gatherer lifeways
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Author
Publication
1995 - Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, District of Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
111,500 words, Guess
Page Count
446 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1096498M
- ISBN-101560984651
- OCLC Control Number30663962
- OCLC Control Numberforagingspectrum0000kell
- Library of Congress Control Number94021100
and 2 more
- LibraryThing668857
- Goodreads4006104
Classifications
- DDC306.3/49
- LCCGN388 .K44 1995
Description
Because most of humanity's time as a species has been spent in a hunting-and-gathering subsistence mode, living hunter-gatherers have always played a pivotal role in interpretations of pre-history and anthropological theory. It is widely believed that "human nature" can be seen more clearly at this "stage" than at any other. Challenging this preconception, Robert L. Kelly crafts a new theoretical position by emphasizing the diversity among hunter-gatherer societies - a diversity that belies attempts to establish a single model of a predominant or "original" foraging lifeway. Kelly reviews the anthropological literature for the differences among ethnographically known hunter-gatherers. By considering the actual, not imagined, reasons behind diverse behavior, The Foraging Spectrum argues for a revision of many archaeological models of prehistory. Written for archaeologists and ethnologists outside the field of hunter-gatherer research, it stresses explaining, rather than explaining away, variability.
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- The foraging spectrum: diversity in hunter-gatherer lifeways
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