Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers: The Emergence of Cultural ComplexityTheron Douglas Price, James Allison Brown Elsevier Science, 28 ene 1985 - 450 páginas Prehistoric Hunters-Gatherers: The Emergence of Cultural Complexity focuses on the emergence of cultural complexity among hunter-gatherers. This book presents the demographic, ecological, and social perspectives that add to the understanding of the emergence of more elaborate organization. Organized into four parts encompassing 17 chapters, this book begins with an overview of previous perspectives on cultural complexity and suggests directions in the study of change. This text then proposes a synthesis of both ecological and social approaches as a more powerful interpretative framework for the study of complexity. Other chapters consider the relationship between population and social complexity in an elaboration of major argument regarding demographic pressure and cultural change. This book provides as well an intriguing look at the regional consequences of their focus on whaling. The final chapter characterizes approaches to hunter-gatherer complexity and reiterates the significance of change in human society prior to the adoption of domesticated animals and plants. This book is a valuable resource for archeologists and anthropologists. |
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Aspects of HunterGatherer Complexity | 3 |
Complexity and Scale in the Study of Fisher | 59 |
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