Title: Montane Foragers
First published: 1998
Description: All previous books dealing with prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the high Andes have treated ancient mountain populations from a troglodyte's perspective, as if they were little different from lowlanders who happened to occupy jagged terrain. In Montane Foragers, Mark Aldenderfer builds a unique and penetrating model of montane foraging that justly shatters this traditional approach to ancient mountain populations.

Aldenderfer's investigation elucidates elevational stress - what it takes for humans to adjust and survive at high altitudes. In a masterful integration of mountain biology and ecology, he emphasizes the nature of hunter-gatherer adaptations to high-mountain environments.

Aldenderfer's detailed archaeological case study of high-elevation foraging adaptation, his description of this extreme environment as a viable human habitat, and his theoretical model of montane foraging create a new understanding of the lifeways of foraging peoples worldwide.
Subjects: Indians of South America, Antiquities, Hunting and gathering societies, Mountain ecology, Food, Anthropometry, Excavations (Archaeology), Indians of south america, antiquities, Indians of south america, food, Excavations (archaeology), south america, Peru, antiquities
Places: Peru, Asana River Valley, Asana River Valley (Peru), Asana Site (Peru)
LC classification: F3429.1.A78 A45 1998