
Why Forage?
Hunters and Gatherers in the Twenty-First Century
University of New Mexico Press
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-8263-5696-3 (ISBN)
Description
Foraging persists as a viable economic strategy both in remote regions and within the bounds of developed nation-states. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the decisions made by modern-day foragers to sustain a predominantly hunting and gathering way of life. What becomes clear is that hunter-gatherers continue to forage because the economic benefits of doing so are high relative to the local alternatives and, perhaps more importantly, because the social costs of not foraging are prohibitive; in other words, hunter-gatherers value the social networks built through foraging and sharing more than the potential marginal gains of a new means of subsistence. Why Forage? shows that hunting and gathering continues to be a viable and vibrant way of life even in the twenty-first century.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Albuquerque, NM
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
11 halftones, 2 maps, 6 charts, 31 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8263-5696-3 (9780826356963)
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Brian F. Codding is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Utah, USA. He is a contributor to Exploring Faunal Analysis: Insights from California Archaeology and Contemporary Issues in California Archaeology.
Karen L. Kramer is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Utah, USA and the author of Maya Children: Helpers at the Farm.
Karen L. Kramer is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Utah, USA and the author of Maya Children: Helpers at the Farm.