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The hunting peoples, by Carleton S. Coon. Maps and drawings by Aldren A. Watson.

Title
The hunting peoples, by Carleton S. Coon. Maps and drawings by Aldren A. Watson.
Author
Coon, Carleton S. (Carleton Stevens), 1904-1981
Publication
London, J. Cape [1972, ©1971]

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Description
413 pages illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Subject
  • Coletor/Cacador/Pescador (Pre-Historia)
  • Ethnologie
  • Hunting
  • Hunting and gathering societies
  • Hunting and gathering societies
  • Hunting, Prehistoric
  • Hunting
  • Jagers en verzamelaars
  • Primitieve volken
  • Primitive societies
  • Primitive societies
  • Wildbeuter
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-400).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Living hunters of the world -- Basic equipment of hunters -- Travel abd transport on land and water -- The food quest : hunting and trapping -- Big game hunting -- Fishing -- Gathering -- Food and drugs -- The social organisation of hunters -- MArriage -- Government and fighting -- Speacialization, wealth and trade -- Gods, spirits, myths and tales -- Rites of passage at birth, puberty and death -- Rites of intensification and seasonal ceremonies -- Shamans and healing.
ISBN
  • 0224006851
  • 9780224006859
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library