Violence and Warfare among Hunter-Gatherers

Violence and Warfare among Hunter-Gatherers
ISBN-10
1315415968
ISBN-13
9781315415963
Category
Social Science
Pages
391
Language
English
Published
2016-07-01
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Terry L Jones, Mark W Allen

Description

How did warfare originate? Was it human genetics? Social competition? The rise of complexity? Intensive study of the long-term hunter-gatherer past brings us closer to an answer. The original chapters in this volume examine cultural areas on five continents where there is archaeological, ethnographic, and historical evidence for hunter-gatherer conflict despite high degrees of mobility, small populations, and relatively egalitarian social structures. Their controversial conclusions will elicit interest among anthropologists, archaeologists, and those in conflict studies.

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