书目名称 | Hunter-Gatherers | 副标题 | Archaeological and E | 编辑 | Robert L. Bettinger | 视频video | | 丛书名称 | Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Hunter-gatherers are the quintessential anthropological topic. They constitute the subject matter that, in the last instance, separates anthropology from its sister social science disciplines: psychology, sociology, economics, and political science. In that central position, hunter-gatherers are the acid test to which any reasonably comprehensive anthropological theory must be applied. Several such theories-some narrow, some broad-are examined in light of the hunter gatherer case in this book. My purpose, then, is that of a review of ideas rather than of a literature. I do not-probably could not-survey all that has been written about hunter-gatherers: Many more works are ignored than considered. That is not because the ones ignored are uninteresting, but because it is my broader purpose to concentrate on certain theoretical contributions to anthro pology in which hunter-gatherers figure most prominently. The book begins with two chapters that deal with the history of anthro pological research and theory in relation to hunter-gatherers. The point is not to present a comprehensive or even-handed accounting of developments. Rather, I sketch a history of selected ideas that have det | 出版日期 | Book 19911st edition | 关键词 | evolution; evolutionary theory; forager; hunter-gatherer | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0658-8 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4899-0658-8Series ISSN 1568-2722 Series E-ISSN 2730-6984 | issn_series | 1568-2722 | copyright | Springer-Verlag US 1991 |
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