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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348220603321

Titolo

The archaeology of human ancestry : power, sex, and tradition / / edited by James Steele and Stephen Shennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-81448-8

1-134-81449-6

1-280-16848-X

9786610168484

0-203-97413-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Collana

Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShennanStephen

SteeleJames <1960->

Disciplina

573.3

930.1

Soggetti

Paleolithic period

Prehistoric peoples

Primates

Human behavior

Cognition and culture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Contributors; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Comparative Approaches to Hominid Socioecology; Part II Origins of the Archaeological Record; Part III The Sexual Division of Labour in Modern Human Foraging Societies; Part IV Cognition and Cultural Dynamics in Modern Human Societies; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Human social life is constrained and defined by our cognitive and emotional dispositions, which are the legacy of our foraging ancestors. But how difficult is it to reconstruct the social systems and cultural traditions of those ancestors? The Archaeology of Human Ancestry provides a stimulating and provocative answer, in which archaeologists



and biological anthropologists set out and demonstrate their reconstructive methods. Contributors use observations of primates and modern hunter-gatherers to illuminate the fossil and artefactual records. Thematic treatment covers the evoluti