Violence and Warfare among Hunter-Gatherers

by Mark W. Allen (editor), Terry L. Jones (Editor)

How did warfare originate? Was it human genetics? Social competition? The rise of complexity? Intensive study of the long-term hunter-gatherer past brings us closer to an answer. The original chapters in this volume examine cultural areas on five continents where there is archaeological, ethnographic, and historical evidence for hunter-gatherer conflict despite high degrees of mobility, small populations, and relatively egalitarian social structures. Their controversial conclusions will elicit interest among anthropologists, archaeologists, and those in conflict studies.

Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction

392 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 2014

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[Mills College Library]

306.364 V7954 2014