Foreword; L.R. Binford, A. Johnson. 1. Introduction: Beyond Foraging and Collecting: Evolutionary Change in Hunter-Catherer Settlement Systems; Junko Habu, B. Fitzhugh. Section I: Regional scale processes of settlement pattern change. Section introduction. 2. Going by boat: the forager-collector continuum at sea; K.M. Ames. 3. Jomon collectors and foragers: long-term changes in settlement systems among prehistoric hunter-gathers in Japan; Junko Habu. 4. Logistical organization, social complexity, and the collapse of prehistoric Thule whaling societies in the central Canadian arctic archipelago; J.M. Savelle. 5. Natufian - A complex society of foragers; O. Bar-Yosef.
Section II. Microevolutionary approaches to long term hunter-gatherer settlement change. Section introduction. 6. Mobility, search modes, and food-getting technology: from Magdalenian to Early Mesolithic in the Upper Danube Basin; L.E. Fisher. 7. Long-term land tenure systems in Central Brazil: evolutionary ecology, risk-management, and social geography; R. Kipnis. 8. Central Place Foraging and prehistoric pinyon utilizatin in the Great Basin; D.W. Zeanah. 9. Residential and logistical strategies in the evolution of complex hunter-gatherers on the Kodiak Archipelago; B. Fitzhugh.
Section III: Beyond ecological approaches to hunter-gatherer settlement change. Section introduction. 10. Sacred power and seasonal settlement on the central northwest coast; A. Cannon. 11. Long-term change and short-term shifting in the economy of Philippine forager-traders; L.L. Junker. 12. Explaining changes in settlement dynamics across transformations of modes of production: from hunting to herding in the south-central Andes; M. Aldenderfer. Afterword: Beyond foraging and collecting: retrospect and prospect; T.D. Price.
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This volume includes new research on the theoretical implications regarding the mechanisms of change in the geographical distribution of hunter-gatherer settlement and land use. It focuses on the long-term changes in the hunter-gatherer settlement on a global scale, including research from several continents. It will be of interest to archaeologists and cultural anthropologists working in the field of the forager/ collector model throughout the world.