The Hadza Hunter-Gatherers of Tanzania

InThe Hadza, Frank Marlowe provides a quantitative ethnography of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists and archaeologists for maintain...

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Main Author: Marlowe, Frank
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press 30.01.2010
Edition:1
Series:Origins of Human Behavior and Culture
Subjects:
Anthropology
Beliefs
Evolutionary anthropology
Food
Habitats
Hatsa (African people)
Hatsa (African people) > Food
Hatsa (African people) > Hunting
Hatsa (African people) > Social life and customs
Human evolution
Hunting
Hunting and gathering societies
Hunting and gathering societies > Tanzania
Mate selection
Material culture
Practice
Social change
Social ecology
Social ecology > Tanzania
Social evolution
Social evolution - Tanzania
Social history
Social life and customs
Social organization
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Tanzania
Tanzania > Social life and customs
ISBN:0520253418, 9780520253414, 0520253426, 9780520253421, 0520945441, 9780520945449
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Summary:InThe Hadza, Frank Marlowe provides a quantitative ethnography of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists and archaeologists for maintaining a foraging lifestyle in a region that is key to understanding human origins. Marlowe ably applies his years of research with the Hadza to cover the traditional topics in ethnography-subsistence, material culture, religion, and social structure. But the book's unique contribution is to introduce readers to the more contemporary field of behavioral ecology, which attempts to understand human behavior from an evolutionary perspective. To that end,The Hadzaalso articulates the necessary background for readers whose exposure to human evolutionary theory is minimal.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-318) and index
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ISBN:0520253418
9780520253414
0520253426
9780520253421
0520945441
9780520945449