Desert Peoples (eBook, PDF)

Archaeological Perspectives
Redaktion: Veth, Peter; Hiscock, Peter; Smith, Mike

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives provides an issues-oriented overview of hunter-gatherer societies in desert landscapes that combines archaeological and anthropological perspectives and includes a wide range of regional and thematic case studies. * Brings together, for the first time, studies from deserts as diverse as the sand dunes of Australia, the U.S. Great Basin, the coastal and high altitude deserts of South America, and the core deserts of Africa * Examines the key concepts vital to understanding human adaptation to marginal landscapes and the behavioral and belief systems that underpin them * Explores the relationship among desert hunter-gatherers, herders, and pastoralists

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405137539
• Artikelnr.: 38407620

Autorenporträt

Peter Veth is Director of Research at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra. He is the author of over 100 articles and books on the archaeology of arid zone hunter-gatherers. Mike Smith is Director of Research and Development at the National Museum of Australia. He pioneered research into late Pleistocene settlement in the Australian desert and has worked extensively across the arid zone attempting to piece together its human and environmental history. Peter Hiscock is a Reader in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements.

List of Contributors.

List of Figures.

Part I: Frameworks.

Part II: Dynamics.

Part III: Interactions.

Index

Rezensionen

"This is an up-to-date and theoretically broad-rangingcomparative treatment of desert hunter-gatherer archaeology andethnology that introduces a new, fresh generation of scholars andissues. Bravo!" Richard Gould, Brown University

"Desert Peoples shows how important the world's aridhabitats have always been during the course of human evolution. Thegeographical scope of the contributions is breathtaking, theircomparative approach to dynamics and interactions compelling. Icongratulate the editors for making the desert bloom for humanprehistory." Clive Gamble, Royal Holloway, University ofLondon

"A superb synthesis.... The authors use theopportunity to set out several probing questions that will underpinfuture research on how societies adapt to challengingenvironments." John Dodson, Brunel University andUniversity of Western Australia

"Competent, well-written summaries of local culturehistory...several of the essays merit serious attention fromreaders of this journal." Archaeology in Oceania

"In this era of regional and topical specialisation,which often leads to perochialism, the editors of this book cantake great satisfaction in having provided a venue for looking atthe big picture."
Australian Archaeology

"Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives is an essentialsource for those interested in hunting-gathering lifeways."Laurie Milne, Canadian Journal of Archaeology