The Hadza : hunter-gatherers of Tanzania
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The Hadza : hunter-gatherers of Tanzania
（Origins of human behavior and culture / edited by Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and Joe Henrich, no. 3）
University of California Press, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-318) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In "The 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 Hadza" also articulates the necessary background for readers whose exposure to human evolutionary theory is minimal.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. The Hadza and Evolutionary Theory: An Introduction
2. Habitat and History
3. Social Organization, Beliefs, and Practices
4. Material Culture
5. Foraging
6. Life History
7. Mating
8. Parenting
9. Cooperation and Food- Sharing
10. The Median Foragers: Humans in Cross- Species Perspective
Afterword: The Hadza Present and Future
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Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
