Information and Its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands

by Robert K. Hitchcock

Book Overview

Information and its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands explores the question of how information, broadly conceived, is acquired, stored, circulated, and utilized in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies, or bands. Given the nature of this question, the volume brings together a group of scholars from multiple disciplines, including archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, and evolutionary ecology. Each of these specialties deals with the question of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931745641
• ISBN13: 9781931745642
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"