Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives

Desert Peoples......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Notes on Contributors......Page 9
1 Global Deserts in Perspective......Page 13
Part I Frameworks......Page 27
2 Theoretical Shifts in the Anthropology of Desert Hunter-Gatherers......Page 29
3 Pleistocene Settlement of Deserts from an Australian Perspective......Page 46
4 Arid Paradises or Dangerous Landscapes: A Review of Explanations for Paleolithic Assemblage Change in Arid Australia and Africa......Page 70
Part II Dynamics......Page 91
5 Evolutionary and Ecological Understandings of the Economics of Desert Societies: Comparing the Great Basin USA and the Australian Deserts......Page 93
6 Cycles of Aridity and Human Mobility: Risk Minimization Among Late Pleistocene Foragers of the Western Desert, Australia......Page 112
7 Archaic Faces to Headdresses: The Changing Role of Rock Art Across the Arid Zone......Page 128
8 The Archaeology of the Patagonian Deserts: Hunter-Gatherers in a Cold Desert......Page 154
Part III Interactions......Page 171
9 Perspectives on Later Stone Age Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology in Arid Southern Africa......Page 173
10 Long-Term Transitions in Hunter-Gatherers of Coastal Northwestern Australia......Page 189
11 Hunter-Gatherers and Herders of the Kalahari during the Late Holocene......Page 218
12 Desert Archaeology, Linguistic Stratigraphy, and the Spread of the Western Desert Language......Page 234
13 People of the Coastal Atacama Desert: Living Between Sand Dunes and Waves of the Paci.c Ocean......Page 255
14 Desert Solitude: The Evolution of Ideologies Among Pastoralists and Hunter-Gatherers in Arid North Africa......Page 273
15 Hunter-Gatherer Interactions with Sheep and Cattle Pastoralists from the Australian Arid Zone......Page 288
16 Conclusion: Major Themes and Future Research Directions......Page 305
General Index......Page 313
Index of Archaelogical Features and Subjects......Page 315