Key Issues in Hunter-Gatherer Research

by Linda J. Ellanna (Editor), Ernest S. Burch (Editor)

Overview

Hunter-gatherer research has experienced enormous expansion over the past three decades. In the late 1950s less than a score of anthropologists were actively engaged in issue-oriented studies of foraging populations. Since then, the number of active researchers has grown into the hundreds.This book offers the most up-to-date anthology of papers on hunter-gatherer research and contains possibly the most comprehensive bibliography on hunter-gatherers ever published. It will be essential reading for all students of hunter-gatherer societies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780854963751
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/10/1994
Series:	Explorations in Anthropology
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ernest S Burch Research Associate in Anthropology,The Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC Linda J Ellanna Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Table of Contents

Introduction 1.Territories and Territoriality 2.Hunter Affluence? 3.Social Stratification 4.Culture Contact and Change 5.Government Intervention 6.Native Perspectives 7.Whither?

Editorial Reviews

Besides presenting substantial case study articles, this CHAGS issue finally addresses unavoidable problems we are now facing to ensure the continuity of research and its related scholar intellectual tradition concerning hunter-gatherer societies. Stronger connections to mainstream anthroplogy research objects, as well as new, updated, more realistic research strategies about "exotic" small scale societies are scrutinized with care for the first time. We may therefore expect this book to become an indispensible piece of information to size the balance and perspectives in the field study of hunter-gatherer societies.

Etudes

This edited volume, which compiles a rich selection of papers...represents a significant addition to the now well established field of hunter-gatherer studies.

Oceania

Taking stock of developments in the field of hunter-gatherer research, this volume comprises 19 papers that are grouped into sections according to the general issue they address: gender, territories and territoriality, hunter affluence, social stratification, culture contact, government intervention, native perspectives, and the future of the field. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

This edited volume, which compiles a rich selection of papers...represents a significant addition to the now well established field of hunter-gatherer studies.” —Oceania

“Besides presenting substantial case study articles, this CHAGS issue finally addresses unavoidable problems we are now facing to ensure the continuity of research and its related scholar intellectual tradition concerning hunter-gatherer societies. Stronger connections to mainstream anthroplogy research objects, as well as new, updated, more realistic research strategies about "exotic" small scale societies are scrutinized with care for the first time. We may therefore expect this book to become an indispensible piece of information to size the balance and perspectives in the field study of hunter-gatherer societies.” —Etudes

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