Past and Present in Hunter Gatherer Studies

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ISBN: 9781598744576 | 1598744577
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Copyright: 9/15/2009

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This volume shows how hunter gatherer societies maintain their traditional lifeways in the face of interaction with neighboring herders, farmers, and traders. Using historical, anthropological and archaeological data and cases from Africa, Australia, and Southeast Asia, the authors examine hunter gatherer peoples—both past and present--to assess these relationships and the mechanisms by which hunter gatherers adapt and maintain elements of their culture in the wider world around them.

Contributors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Wild Surmises on Savage Thoughts	p. 1
Hunters and History: A Case Study from Western Tasmania	p. 27
Introduction	p. 27
Australian and Tasmanian Aborigines as Exemplars of Stone Age Man	p. 30
Conjectural History	p. 32
Western Tasmania	p. 33
Tasmanian Social Organization and Territoriality	p. 37
Population Densities	p. 41
The Bands of the West Coast	p. 44
Technology and Subsistence	p. 46
Savage-Looking Country	p. 48
Expeditions to the Limestone	p. 50
Men of the Southern Ice Age	p. 52
The Advance of Trees and the Sea	p. 57
Conclusion	p. 59
References	p. 60
Interactions of Past and Present in Arnhem Land, North Australia	p. 67
Introduction	p. 67
A Problematic Dichotomy	p. 68
The Documentary Sources	p. 73
The Archaeological Sources	p. 78
Reconciling Past and Present	p. 82
References	p. 88
Forager Resource and Land Use in the Humid Tropics: The Agta of Northeastern Luzon, the Philippines	p. 95
Introduction	p. 95
Case Study: The Agta	p. 96
The Natural Environment	p. 98
The Social Environment	p. 103
The Organization of Resource Acquisition	p. 107
The Agta in Time	p. 115
References	p. 118
Punan Foragers in the Trading Networks of Southeast Asia	p. 123
Punan in the Mind	p. 123
Punan in Space	p. 126
Punan in Time	p. 134
Punan in General	p. 143
References	p. 147
Soaqua and Bushmen: Hunters and Robbers	p. 151
Introduction	p. 151
Ethnographic Evidence	p. 157
Archaeological Evidence	p. 165
Conclusions	p. 169
References	p. 172
Prehistoric Herders and Foragers of the Kalahari: The Evidence for 1500 Years of Interaction	p. 175
Introduction	p. 175
The Prehistoric Past	p. 180
The Recorded Past	p. 183
Conclusions	p. 186
References	p. 190
The IKung in the Kalahari Exchange: An Ethnohistorical Perspective	p. 195
Introduction	p. 195
First Historic Contact	p. 196
The Impact on Trade of Merchant Capital	p. 200
Trade Items and Networks	p. 206
Conclusion	p. 219
References	p. 221
Ideological Continuities in Prehistoric Southern Africa: The Evidence of Rock Art	p. 225
Introduction	p. 225
Rock Art and Trance Performance	p. 226
Ideology and Prehistoric Change	p. 230
Art Mobilier	p. 235
Conclusion	p. 248
References	p. 249
To Find Ourselves: Art and Social Geography of Prehistoric Hunter Gatherers	p. 253
Introduction	p. 253
Some Questionable Premises	p. 255
Art and Homogenization of the Upper Paleolithic	p. 258
Context and Diversity in Paleolithic Art	p. 261
On Theoretical Expansion	p. 264
References	p. 272
Author Index	p. 277
Subject Index	p. 283
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