Forager-Traders in South and Southeast Asia

Specialized forager-traders have lived alongside and in exchange relationships with agriculturalists for many thousands of years in South and Southeast Asia. Here is a series of representative case-studies that pertain to a current archaeological debate. The issue concerns the extent to which historical foraging populations are to be understood as specialized adaptations to a complex economically diverse environment, rather than as throw-backs to a Paleolithic way of life.

Author: Kathleen D. Morrison
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/13/2003
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780521815727

About the Author
Morrison, Kathleen D.: - Kathleen D. Morrison is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago.Junker, Laura L.: - Laura L. Junker is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Chicago.