Beyond Foraging and Collecting
Subtitle: Evolutionary Change in Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems (Fundamental Issues in Archaeology)
Contributors: Ben Fitzhugh (Editor); Junko Habu (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780306467530
Subjects: Archaeology; Social evolution; Human Evolution; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Land settlement patterns, Preh; Hunting and gathering societie; General; Social Science / Archaeology; Social Science / General; Anthropology - Physical; Anthropology - Cultural; Hunting and gathering societies
First sentence: In 1990, Binford argued that logistical mobility strategies... are the consequence of two major evolutionary changes that occurred long ago: (1) the "aquatic resource revolution" with its early occurrence primarily in higher latitudes, and (2) the perfection of transport technologies, particularly water transport vessels and the use of pack and draft animals.