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THE FORAGING SPECTRUM

Diversity in Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways

ROBERT L. KELLY
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

Prepublication praise . . .

“The Foraging Spectrum [is] a well-written, scrupulously researched synthesis of modern approaches to foraging behavior, both past and present.”
David Hurst Thomas, American Museum of Natural History

“A tour de force of scholarship in behavioral ecology.”
Mathias Guenther, Wilfred Laurier University

From the reviews . . .

“[A]n excellent overview of key issues in hunter-gatherer studies.”
Alan Barnard in American Ethnologist

“Not since Man the Hunter has there been such a synthesis and such a mix of stimulating ideas. This will be the authoritative work on hunter/gatherers for a good number of years.”
Brian Hayden in Canadian Journal of Archaeology

“[A]uthoritative, comprehensive, and highly readable. . . . A well-worn and heavily annotated copy should be the companion of anyone claiming an interest or expertise in present or past hunter-gatherers.”
Bruce Winterhalder in American Antiquity

ISBN 978-0-9752738-8-3 /paperback/462 pp./illus./July 2007/$35.00