Hunting and gathering peoples, including Kalahari Bushmen, Australian aborigines, Eskimos, and Pygmies, are the subject of endless appeal. This illustrated reference volume is the first devoted exclusively to hunting and gathering peoples that is both accessible to the nonspecialist and written by leading scholars. It is a state-of-the-art summary of knowledge on the subject, covering an extraordinary range of materials: case studies of over fifty of the world's hunter-gatherers, the archaeological background, religion and world view, music and art, questions of gender, health and nutrition, and contemporary rights.
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"This is the most voluminous source available on modern hunter-gatherer societies with many excellent and readily accessible contributions." --Thomas Widlok, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
"...the encyclopedia sheds a respectful and objective light on the Earth's indigenous peoples, who look to the future as well as to the past." Margaret Smith
"...a gold mine of information...there is something in this volume for everyone. Scholars of religion will certainly find a wealth of information on mythology, cosmology, ritual practice, and sacred art. This is a book that should be on the reference shelf of every academic library catering to the needs of social scientists and humanists." Religious Studies Review
"This is an important and fascinating work. The numerous black-and-white photographs, drawings, and maps are excellent and well placed. The bibliographies at the end of each chapter, along with filmographies of the various native groups, are convenient springboards for further research." -- American Reference Books Annual
"This work is a commendable ethnographic overview of global hunters and gatherers."
Robert S. Walker, University of New Mexico, Journal of Anthropological Research
"...the encyclopedia sheds a respectful and objective light on the Earth's indigenous peoples, who look to the future as well as to the past." Margaret Smith
"...a gold mine of information...there is something in this volume for everyone. Scholars of religion will certainly find a wealth of information on mythology, cosmology, ritual practice, and sacred art. This is a book that should be on the reference shelf of every academic library catering to the needs of social scientists and humanists." Religious Studies Review
"This is an important and fascinating work. The numerous black-and-white photographs, drawings, and maps are excellent and well placed. The bibliographies at the end of each chapter, along with filmographies of the various native groups, are convenient springboards for further research." -- American Reference Books Annual
"This work is a commendable ethnographic overview of global hunters and gatherers."
Robert S. Walker, University of New Mexico, Journal of Anthropological Research
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Hunting and gathering peoples, including Kalahari Bushmen, Australian aborigines, Eskimos, and Pygmies, are the subject of endless appeal. This illustrated reference volume is the first devoted exclusively to hunting and gathering peoples that is both accessible to the non-specialist and written by leading scholars. It is a state-of-the-art summary of knowledge on the subject, covering an extraordinary range of materials: case studies of over fifty of the world's hunter-gatherers, the archaeological background, religion and world view, music and art, questions of gender, health and nutrition, and contemporary rights.
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The hunting and gathering peoples of the United States and Canada have complex histories of indigenous development and elaboration (see Cannon, this volume), and more recent histories profoundly shaped by the invasion of settlers from Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The hunting and gathering peoples of the United States and Canada have complex histories of indigenous development and elaboration (see Cannon, this volume), and more recent histories profoundly shaped by the invasion of settlers from Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, North America, Cambridge University Press, Torres Strait, Western Penan, South America, Cape York, Sri Lanka, Hill Pandaram, New Guinea, Current Anthropology, Academic Press, Arnhem Land, Australian Aborigines, British Columbia, Caribou Inuit, Northern Territory, Nyae Nyae, World War, American Anthropological Association, Australian National University, South Africa, United States, Western Australia, Oxford University Press New!
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- History of America. Books (Works of William Robertson) (Bks. 1-8) by William Robertson Smith on page 377, and page 378
- Handbook of the Indians of California by A. L Kroeber in Front Matter, and page 70
- Handbook of South American Indians by Julian H. Steward on page 77, and page 472
- Hunters and Gatherers, Volume 1: History, Evolution and Social Change (Hunters & Gatherers) by Tim Ingold in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Handbook of North American Indians : Northeast Vol.15 by William C. Sturtevant on page 30
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- Hunter-Gatherers: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (Biosocial Society Symposium Series) by Catherine Panter-Brick on 8 pages
- The Other Side of Eden: Hunters, Farmers, and the Shaping of the World by Hugh Brody in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives by Peter Veth on page 12, page 30, and page 31
- Managing Without Power by R Meredith Belbin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit by Melvin Konner on page 497, and page 509
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