Steven Mithen

Thoughtful Foragers

A Study of Prehistoric Decision Making

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thoughtful Foragers is about hunter-gatherer decision making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780521102889
• ISBN-10: 052110288X
• Artikelnr.: 25855470

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
1. Introduction
Part I. Learning from the present: 2. The eco-psychology of decision making
3. The ethnography of hunter-gatherer decision making
Part II. Mesolithic foraging and society: 4. Broken bones and buried bodies: patterns in the archaeological record
5. Gearing up with methodological tools: building a simulation model
6. Decision making in the Mesolithic: multiple action replays
Part III. Upper Palaeolithic Art and Economy
7. Seeking the decision maker: faunal assemblages and hunting behaviour
8. Through a hunter's eyes ... and into his mind?
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.