Key Issues in Hunter-Gatherer Research

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.

Ernest S. Burch is a Research Associate in Anthropology,at The Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Linda J. Ellanna is an Associate Professor of Anthropology, at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

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