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Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives
Contributor(s): Hiscock, Peter (Author), Veth (Author), Hiscock Peter (Author)
ISBN: 1405100915     ISBN-13: 9781405100915
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
OUR PRICE:   $47.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2004
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Annotation: "Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives "provides an overview of hunter-gatherers in desert landscapes. Written by an international roster of experts, this volumeexamines the key concepts vital to understanding human adaptation to marginal environments and the behavioral and belief systems that underpin these concepts. "Desert Peoples" brings together studies from deserts as diverse as the sand dunes of Australia, the US Great Basin, the coastal and high altitude deserts of South America, and the core deserts of Africa. Ultimately, "Desert Peoples"' comparative approach profiles current understandings and debates about cultural and ecological processes affecting hunter-gatherer societies in deserts.


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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Nature
- Social Science | Archaeology
Dewey: 306.091
LCCN: 2004014009
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.78" W x 9.64" (1.24 lbs) 320 pages
 
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Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives provides an issues-oriented overview of hunter-gatherer societies in desert landscapes that combines archaeological and anthropological perspectives and includes a wide range of regional and thematic case studies.

  • Brings together, for the first time, studies from deserts as diverse as the sand dunes of Australia, the U.S. Great Basin, the coastal and high altitude deserts of South America, and the core deserts of Africa
  • Examines the key concepts vital to understanding human adaptation to marginal landscapes and the behavioral and belief systems that underpin them
  • Explores the relationship among desert hunter-gatherers, herders, and pastoralists