Hunter-gatherers : an interdisciplinary perspective

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Contributor = xi
• 1. Lines of enquiry / CATEERINE PANTER-BRICK, ROBERT H. LAYTON ; PETER ROWLEY-CONWY = 1
• Areas of research = 1
• Is hunter-gatherer' a meaningful category? = 2
• How have hunter-gatherers been characterised? = 3
• Diversity of approaches : hunter-gatherer variability = 6
• References = 10
• 2. The behavioural ecology of hunter-gatherers / BRUCE WINTERHALDER = 12
• Ethnographic variability and behavioural ecology = 12
• Models and applications = 13
• Key features of foraging economies = 30
• The assumption of constrained optimisation = 31
• Conclusions : the foraging mode of production = 33
• References = 35
• 3. Time, change and the archaeology of hunter-gatherers : how original is the 'Original Affluent Society'? / PETER ROWLEY-CONWY = 39
• The Original Affluent Society = 39
• Hunter-gatherer variability = 40
• Progressivist views of complexity = 44
• Hunter-gatherer complexity : the archaeological record = 48
• Conclusions = 64
• References = 65
• 4. Hunter-gatherer technology : macro- and microscale approaches / ROBIN TORRENCE = 73
• Scales of analysis = 73
• Macroscale approaches = 74
• Microscale approaches = 89
• Gender, symbolism and style = 91
• A synthesis = 93
• References = 95
• 5. The antiquity of hunter-gatherers / STEVEN L-. KUHN AND MARY C. STINER = 99
• Introduction = 99
• Hunters of the recent and remote past = 100
• Variation in recent hunter-gatherer diet and technology = 101
• The Pleistocene evidence : cultural geography in the Palaeolithic = 107
• What about the Early Upper Palaeolithic? = 126
• Conclusion = 127
• References = 129
• 6. Language shift and language spread among hunter-gatherers / PATRICK McCONVELL = 143
• Introduction = 143
• Language shift among hunter-gatherers in recent history = 145
• Prehistoric language shift : the agricultural expansion model = 146
• Equilibrium approaches to linguistic prehistory = 148
• A social evolutionary approach to prehistoric language spread = 150
• A geographical approach = 154
• Pama-Nyungan expansion in Australia = 158
• Expansionist systems = 163
• Conclusions = 165
• References = 166
• 7. Hunter-gatherer demography / RENEE PENNINGTON = 170
• Introduction = 170
• The big picture = 171
• Fertility = 173
• Survival = 190
• Putting it together = 195
• Conclusions = 198
• References = 200
• 8. Nutritional ecology : diet, physical activity and body size / MARK R. JENIKE = 205
• Introduction = 205
• Nutritional ecology = 207
• Diet = 208
• Energy expenditure = 218
• Body size = 222
• Variation in nutritional ecologies = 226
• Conclusion = 229
• References = 230
• 9. Evolutionary biology and health of hunter-gatherer populations / ALAIN FROMENT = 239
• Introduction = 239
• Adaptations to ecological constraints = 240
• Genetic issues = 245
• Medical constraints = 250
• Conclusion : future changes = 258
• References = 261
• 10 Hunting for images, gathering up meanings : art for life in hunting-gathering societies / MARGARET W. CONKEY = 267
• Introduction = 267
• What do we mean by 'art'? = 270
• How anthropologists study 'art' = 273
• 'Art' in hunter-gatherer context(s) = 276
• Researching and interpreting hunter-gatherer arts = 278
• Some conclusions = 284
• References = 286
• 11. Hunter-gatherers, their neighbours and the nation state / ROBERT H. LAYTON = 292
• Introduction = 292
• What is .genuine hunting and gathering? = 293
• Change before the origins of agriculture = 294
• Processes of interaction = 295
• The current condition of hunter-gatherers = 299
• Current hunter-gatherer behaviour and academic theory = 304
• State policy and hunter-gatherers = 306
• Conclusion = 314
• References = 315
• Glossary = 322
• Index = 330