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Information and Its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands
. Ed(S): Whallon, Robert; Lovis, William A.; Hitchcock, Robert
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Description for Information and Its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands
Explores the question of how information, broadly conceived, is acquired, stored, circulated and utilised in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies, or bands. This title brings together a group of scholars from multiple disciplines, including archaeology, ethnography, linguistics and evolutionary ecology. Editor(s): Whallon, Robert; Lovis, William A.; Hitchcock, Robert. Series: Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 834.
Information and its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands explores the question of how information, broadly conceived, is acquired, stored, circulated, and utilized in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies, or bands. Given the nature of this question, the volume brings together a group of scholars from multiple disciplines, including archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, and evolutionary ecology. Each of these specialties deals with the question of information in different ways and with different sets of data given different primacy. The fundamental goal of the volume is to bridge disciplines and subdisciplines, open discussion, and see if some common ground-either theoretical perspectives, general principles, or methodologies-can be ... Read more
Information and its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands explores the question of how information, broadly conceived, is acquired, stored, circulated, and utilized in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies, or bands. Given the nature of this question, the volume brings together a group of scholars from multiple disciplines, including archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, and evolutionary ecology. Each of these specialties deals with the question of information in different ways and with different sets of data given different primacy. The fundamental goal of the volume is to bridge disciplines and subdisciplines, open discussion, and see if some common ground-either theoretical perspectives, general principles, or methodologies-can be ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives
Number of Pages
384
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781931745635
SKU
V9781931745635
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About . Ed(S): Whallon, Robert; Lovis, William A.; Hitchcock, Robert
Robert Whallon is Curator of European Archaeology in the Museum of Anthropology and professor in the department of anthropology at the University of Michigan. William A. Lovis is professor of anthropology and Curator of Anthropology at the Michigan State University Museum. Robert K. Hitchcock is professor of geography and adjunct professor of anthropology at Michigan State University.
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