Hunter-gatherer adaptation and resilience : a bioarchaeological perspective / edited by Daniel H. Temple, Christopher M. Stojanowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Temple, Daniel Howard, 1979- editor.

Stojanowski, Christopher M. (Christopher Michael), 1973- editor.

Series:

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 81.

Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology ; 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunting and gathering societies.

Prehistoric peoples--Food.

Prehistoric peoples.

Prehistoric peoples--Health and hygiene.

Paleoanthropology.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

x, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Hunter-gatherer lifestyles defined the origins of modern humans and for tens of thousands of years were the only form of subsistence our species knew. This changed with the advent of food production at different times throughout the world. The chapters in this volume explore the different way that hunter-gatherer societies around the world adapted to changing social and ecological circumstances while still maintaining a predominantly hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Couched specifically with the framework of resilience theory, the authors use contextualized bioarchaeological analyses of health, diet, mobility, and funerary practices to explore how hunter-gatherers in different parts of the world responded to challenges and actively resisted change that formed the core of their social identity and worldview"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Interrogating the alterity of hunter-gatherers in bioarchaeological context: adaptability, transformability, and resilience of hunter-gatherers in the past / Daniel H. Temple and Christopher M. Stojanowski

Regional continuity and local challenges to resilience among holocene hunter-gatherers of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa / Susan Pfeiffer and Leslie Harrington

Hunter-gatherer persistence and demography in Patagonia (Southern South America): the impact of ecological changes during the Pleistocene and Holocene / Valeria Bernal, S. Ivan Perez, María Bárbara Postillone, and Diego D. Rindel

The success and failure of resilience in the European Mesolithic / Rick J. Schulting

Persistence of time: resilience and adaptability in prehistoric Jomon hunter-gatherers from the inland sea region of Southwestern Honshu, Japan / Daniel H. Temple

Biomechanics, habitual activity, and resilience among Southern African hunter-gatherers and herders / Michelle E. Cameron and Jay Stock

Biocultural adaptation and resilience in the hunter-gatherers of Lagoa Santa, Central-Eastern Brazil / Pedro Da-Gloria and Lucas Bueno

Resiliency among hunter-gatherers in Southern California before and after European colonization: a bioarchaeological perspective / Erin E. Bornemann and Lynn H. Gamble

Persistence or pastoralim: the challenges of studying hunter-gatherer resilience in Africa / Christopher M. Stojanowski

Ancient mortuary ritual and cultural resilience on the northwest coast of North America / Bryn Letham and Gary Coupland

Bioarchaeological evidence for cultural resilience at Point Hope, Alaska: persistence and memory in the ontology of personhood in northern hunter-gatherers / Lauryn C. Justice and Daniel H. Temple

Biocultural perspectives on interpersonal violence in the prehistoric San Francisco Bay Area / Eric J. Bartelink, Viviana I. Bellifemine, Irina Nechayev, Valerie A. Andrushko, Alan Leventhal, and Robert Jurmian

The discovery and rapid demise of the Sadlermiut / Charles F. Merbs

When resilience fails: fences, water control, and Aboriginal history in the Western Riverina, Australia / Judith Littleton

Models, metaphors, and measures / Jane E. Buikstra.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781107187351

1107187354

9781316637999

1316637999

OCLC:

1039921795