Violence and Warfare among Hunter-Gatherers
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781611329391
Subjects: Anthropology; Social sciences; Hunting and gathering societies
Description: "How did warfare originate? Was it human genetics? Social competition? The rise of complexity? Intensive study of the long-term hunter-gatherer past brings us closer to an answer. The original chapters in this volume examine cultural areas on five continents where there is archaeological, ethnographic, and historical evidence for hunter-gatherer conflict despite high degrees of mobility, small populations, and relatively egalitarian social structures. Their controversial conclusions will elicit interest among anthropologists, archaeologists, and those in conflict studies"--