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Hunter-gatherer research has played a historically central role in
the development of anthropological and evolutionary theory. Today,
research in this traditional and enduringly vital field blurs lines
of distinction between archaeology and ethnology, and seeks instead
to develop perspectives and theories broadly applicable to
anthropology and its many sub disciplines. In the groundbreaking
first edition of Hunter-Gatherers: Archaeological and Evolutionary
Theory (1991), Robert Bettinger presented an integrative
perspective on hunter-gatherer research and advanced a theoretical
approach compatible with both traditional anthropological and
contemporary evolutionary theories. Hunter-Gatherers remains a
well-respected and much-cited text, now over 20 years since initial
publication. Yet, as in other vibrant fields of study, the last two
decades have seen important empirical and theoretical advances. In
this second edition of Hunter-Gatherers, co-authors Robert
Bettinger, Raven Garvey, and Shannon Tushingham offer a revised and
expanded version of the classic text, which includes a succinct and
provocative critical synthesis of hunter-gatherer and evolutionary
theory, from the Enlightenment to the present. New and expanded
sections relate and react to recent developments-some of them the
authors' own-particularly in the realms of optimal foraging and
cultural transmission theories. An exceptionally informative and
ambitious volume on cultural evolutionary theory, Hunter-Gatherers,
second edition, is an essential addition to the libraries of
anthropologists, archaeologists, and human ecologists alike.
Hunter-gatherer research has played a historically central role in
the development of anthropological and evolutionary theory. Today,
research in this traditional and enduringly vital field blurs lines
of distinction between archaeology and ethnology, and seeks instead
to develop perspectives and theories broadly applicable to
anthropology and its many sub disciplines. In the groundbreaking
first edition of Hunter-Gatherers: Archaeological and Evolutionary
Theory (1991), Robert Bettinger presented an integrative
perspective on hunter-gatherer research and advanced a theoretical
approach compatible with both traditional anthropological and
contemporary evolutionary theories. Hunter-Gatherers remains a
well-respected and much-cited text, now over 20 years since initial
publication. Yet, as in other vibrant fields of study, the last two
decades have seen important empirical and theoretical advances. In
this second edition of Hunter-Gatherers, co-authors Robert
Bettinger, Raven Garvey, and Shannon Tushingham offer a revised and
expanded version of the classic text, which includes a succinct and
provocative critical synthesis of hunter-gatherer and evolutionary
theory, from the Enlightenment to the present. New and expanded
sections relate and react to recent developments-some of them the
authors' own-particularly in the realms of optimal foraging and
cultural transmission theories. An exceptionally informative and
ambitious volume on cultural evolutionary theory, Hunter-Gatherers,
second edition, is an essential addition to the libraries of
anthropologists, archaeologists, and human ecologists alike.
Generally portrayed as a windswept wasteland of marginal use for
human habitation, Patagonia is an unmatched testing ground for some
of the world's most important questions about human ecology and
cultural change. In this volume, archaeologist Raven Garvey
presents a critical synthesis of Patagonian prehistory, bringing an
evolutionary perspective and unconventional evidence to bear on
enduringly contentious issues in New World archaeology, including
initial human colonization of the Americas, widespread depopulation
between 8,000 and 4,000 years ago, and the transition from foraging
to farming. Garvey's novel hypotheses question common assumptions
regarding Patagonia's suitability for prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
She makes four primary arguments: (1) the surprising lack of
clothing in parts of prehistoric Patagonia supports a relatively
slow initial colonization of the Americas; (2) the sparse record of
human habitation during the middle Holocene may be due to
prehistoric behavioral changes and archaeological sampling methods
rather than population decline; (3) farming never took root in
Patagonia because risks associated with farming likely outweighed
potential benefits; and, finally, (4) the broad trajectory of
cultural change in Patagonia owes as much to feedback between
population size and technology as to conditions in the rugged
Patagonian outback itself.
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