The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers: The Foraging Spectrum
- ISBN-10
- 1107024870
- ISBN-13
- 9781107024878
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 362
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-15
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Robert L. Kelly
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Challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes their diversity.
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