Beyond affluent-foragers
Rethinking Hunter-gatherer Complexity
Published on 15. March 2006
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-84217-125-7 (ISBN)
Description
The term 'affluent-foragers' has traditionally described the socio-economic conditions of some coastal fisher-hunters. It implies a high standard of living achieved by high levels of sedentism, made possible by efficient adaptation to the environment. This volume aims to reassess this concept, using case studies from Australia, South America and Japan. (Oxbow Books 2006).
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
b/w illus
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84217-125-7 (9781842171257)
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Persons
edited by Colin Grier, Jangsuk Kim and Junzo Uchiyama
Content
Introduction Why "Beyond Affluent-Foragers"? : Looking back at the original affluent-foragers concept (Shuzo Koyama and Junzo Uchiyama); Case Studies Gunditjmara environmental management: The development of a fisher-gatherer-hunter society in temperate Australia (Heather Builth); The exploitation of freshwater fish during the Later Stone Age of Lesotho: Preliminary results (Ina Plug); Mobility and territoriality among hunter-farming-trading societies: The case of bear-hunting in mountain environments in northeastern Japan (Kazunobu Ikeya); The significance of freshwater fisheries during the Jomon and Yayoi periods in western Japan (Tsuneo Nakajima); From fisher-hunter to farmer: Changing socioeconomy during the Chulman period in southeastern Korea (June-Jeong Lee); Comparative and Theoretical Studies The implications of intergroup food exchange for hunter-gatherer affluence and complexity (Michael Jochim); Last foragers in coastal environments: A comparative study of the Cantabrian Mesolithic, Yamana of Tierra del Fuego and Archaic foragers of the central American coast (Ermengol Gassiot Ballbe and Jordi Estevez Escalera); Complexity among hunter-gatherers from the Pampean region, South America (Daniel Laponte, Alejandro Acosta and Javier Musali); Affluence on the prehistoric northwest coast of North America (Colin Grier); The environmental troublemaker's burden: Jomon perspectives on foraging land use change (Junzo Uchiyama); Resource patch sharing among foragers: Lack of territoriality or strategic choice (Jangsuk Kim); Conclusion Beyond Affluent-Foragers (Jangsuk Kim and Colin Grier).