Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience: A Bioarchaeological Perspective

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Hunter-gatherer lifestyles defined the origins of modern humans and for tens of thousands of years were the only form of subsistence our species knew. This changed with the advent of food production, which occurred at different times throughout the world. The chapters in this volume explore the different ways that hunter-gatherer societies around the world adapted to changing social and ecological circumstances while still maintaining a predominantly hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Couched specifically within the framework of resilience theory, the authors use contextualized bioarchaeological analyses of health, diet, mobility, and funerary practices to explore how hunter-gatherers responded to challenges and actively resisted change that diminished the core of their social identity and worldview.

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Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience
pp i-ii
A Bioarchaeological Perspective
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Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience - Title page
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1 - Interrogating the Alterity of Hunter-Gatherers in Bioarchaeological Context: Adaptability, Transformability, and Resilience of Hunter-Gatherers in the Past
pp 1-25
- By Daniel H. Temple, Christopher M. Stojanowski
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2 - Regional Continuity and Local Challenges to Resilience among Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa
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- By Susan Pfeiffer, Lesley Harrington
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3 - Hunter-Gatherer Persistence and Demography in Patagonia (Southern South America): The Impact of Ecological Changes during the Pleistocene and Holocene
pp 47-64
- By Valeria Bernal, S. Ivan Perez, María Bárbara Postillone, Diego D. Rindel
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4 - The Success and Failure of Resilience in the European Mesolithic
pp 65-84
- By Rick J. Schulting
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5 - Persistence of Time: Resilience and Adaptability in Prehistoric Jomon Hunter-Gatherers from the Inland Sea Region of Southwestern Honshu, Japan
pp 85-109
- By Daniel H. Temple
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6 - Biomechanics, Habitual Activity, and Resilience among Southern African Hunter-Gatherers and Herders
pp 110-140
- By Michelle E. Cameron, Jay Stock
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7 - Biocultural Adaptation and Resilience in the Hunter-Gatherers of Lagoa Santa, Central-Eastern Brazil
pp 141-167
- By Pedro Da-Gloria, Lucas Bueno
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8 - Resilience among Hunter-Gatherers in Southern California before and after European Colonization: A Bioarchaeological Perspective
pp 168-192
- By Erin E. Bornemann, Lynn H. Gamble
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9 - Persistence or Pastoralism: The Challenges of Studying Hunter-Gatherer Resilience in Africa
pp 193-226
- By Christopher M. Stojanowski
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10 - Ancient Mortuary Ritual and Cultural Resilience on the Northwest Coast of North America
pp 227-252
- By Bryn Letham, Gary Coupland
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11 - Bioarchaeological Evidence for Cultural Resilience at Point Hope, Alaska: Persistence and Memory in the Ontology of Personhood in Northern Hunter-Gatherers
pp 253-273
- By Lauryn C. Justice, Daniel H. Temple
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12 - Biocultural Perspectives on Interpersonal Violence in the Prehistoric San Francisco Bay Area
pp 274-301
- By Eric J. Bartelink, Viviana I. Bellifemine, Irina Nechayev, Valerie A. Andrushko, Alan Leventhal, Robert Jurmain
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13 - The Discovery and Rapid Demise of the Sadlermiut
pp 302-327
- By Charles F. Merbs
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14 - When Resilience Fails: Fences, Water Control, and Aboriginal History in the Western Riverina, Australia
pp 328-353
- By Judith Littleton
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15 - Models, Metaphors, and Measures
pp 354-383
- By Jane E. Buikstra
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Index
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Contents

Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience
pp i-ii

Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology - Series page
pp iii-iv

Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience - Title page
pp v-v

Copyright page
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Contributors
pp ix-x

1 - Interrogating the Alterity of Hunter-Gatherers in Bioarchaeological Context: Adaptability, Transformability, and Resilience of Hunter-Gatherers in the Past
pp 1-25

2 - Regional Continuity and Local Challenges to Resilience among Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa
pp 26-46

3 - Hunter-Gatherer Persistence and Demography in Patagonia (Southern South America): The Impact of Ecological Changes during the Pleistocene and Holocene
pp 47-64

4 - The Success and Failure of Resilience in the European Mesolithic
pp 65-84

5 - Persistence of Time: Resilience and Adaptability in Prehistoric Jomon Hunter-Gatherers from the Inland Sea Region of Southwestern Honshu, Japan
pp 85-109

6 - Biomechanics, Habitual Activity, and Resilience among Southern African Hunter-Gatherers and Herders
pp 110-140

7 - Biocultural Adaptation and Resilience in the Hunter-Gatherers of Lagoa Santa, Central-Eastern Brazil
pp 141-167

8 - Resilience among Hunter-Gatherers in Southern California before and after European Colonization: A Bioarchaeological Perspective
pp 168-192

9 - Persistence or Pastoralism: The Challenges of Studying Hunter-Gatherer Resilience in Africa
pp 193-226

10 - Ancient Mortuary Ritual and Cultural Resilience on the Northwest Coast of North America
pp 227-252

11 - Bioarchaeological Evidence for Cultural Resilience at Point Hope, Alaska: Persistence and Memory in the Ontology of Personhood in Northern Hunter-Gatherers
pp 253-273

12 - Biocultural Perspectives on Interpersonal Violence in the Prehistoric San Francisco Bay Area
pp 274-301

13 - The Discovery and Rapid Demise of the Sadlermiut
pp 302-327

14 - When Resilience Fails: Fences, Water Control, and Aboriginal History in the Western Riverina, Australia
pp 328-353

15 - Models, Metaphors, and Measures
pp 354-383

Index
pp 384-396

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