Desert Peoples : Archaeological Perspectives Hardback
Edited by Peter (Australian Insitute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) Veth, Mike (National Museum of Australia) Smith, Peter (The Australian National University) Hiscock
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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 AfricaExamines the key concepts vital to understanding human adaptation to marginal landscapes and the behavioral and belief systems that underpin themExplores the relationship among desert hunter-gatherers, herders, and pastoralists
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:10/11/2004
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- ISBN:9781405100908
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:10/11/2004
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- ISBN:9781405100908