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Also available in hardback, 9781859738207 GBP50.00 (July, 2004)

Table of Contents

Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology: Introductory Essay. Part 1 Early Visions of Hunter-Gatherer Society and Their Influence Part 2 Local Traditions in Hunter-Gatherer Research Part 3 Reinterpretations in Archaeology, Anthropology and the History of the Disciplines

About the Author

Alan Barnard Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa,University of Edinburgh

Reviews

'Throughout its history, anthropology has based its most potent prototypes of core humanity on what was known of hunting and gathering peoples. But ethnographic and archaeological studies from around the world, of ever-greater depth and sophistication, have given us the means to challenge these prototypes. It is time to take stock of these studies, to place them in the historical and regional contexts of developing traditions of anthropological research, and to consider how they have responded to wider currents of thought. The Ninth International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies, held in Edinburgh in 2002, was convened to do just that. In this volume Alan Barnard has assembled some of the most outstanding contributions to the conference, to provide a benchmark assessment of the past achievements and future prospects of hunter-gatherer research.' Tim Ingold, University of Aberdeen '...[T]his volume is indispensable reading for any scholar of hunter-gatherer studies.' Robert L. Kelly, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming