Desert Peoples Archaeological Perspectives
“Desert Peoples Archaeological Perspectives” by Peter Veth, published by Wiley on January 14, 2005, is a comprehensive examination of hunter-gatherer societies in desert environments. This 320-page edition presents a blend of archaeological and anthropological insights, featuring a variety of regional and thematic case studies from deserts around the world, including Australia, the U.S. Great Basin, South America, and Africa.
Readers will find an issues-oriented overview that delves into the key concepts essential for understanding human adaptation to marginal landscapes. The book explores the behavioral and belief systems of desert inhabitants, as well as the intricate relationships among hunter-gatherers, herders, and pastoralists. This scholarly work contributes to the fields of social science, anthropology, and history, offering a nuanced perspective on life in some of the planet’s most challenging environments.
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Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives provides an issues-oriented overview of hunter-gatherer societies in desert landscapes that combines archaeological and anthropological perspectives and includes a wide range of regional and thematic case studies.
- Brings together, for the first time, studies from deserts as diverse as the sand dunes of Australia, the U.S. Great Basin, the coastal and high altitude deserts of South America, and the core deserts of Africa
- Examines the key concepts vital to understanding human adaptation to marginal landscapes and the behavioral and belief systems that underpin them
- Explores the relationship among desert hunter-gatherers, herders, and pastoralists
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