This thought provoking collection of new research papers explores the extent of variation amongst hunting and gathering peoples past and present and the conside

The author wrote this book primarily for his archaeology students, to show them how dangerous anthropological analogy is and how variable the actual practices o

Challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes their d

In an age of heightened awareness of the threat that western industrialized societies pose to the environment, hunters and gatherers attract particularly strong

The label “hunter-gatherer” covers an extremely diverse range of societies and behaviors, yet most of what is known is provided by ethnographic and historic