TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mithen,Steven J.
TI  - Thoughtful foragers: a study of prehistoric decision making 
T2  - New studies in archaeology
SN  - 9780511752964 (ebook)
AV  - GN772 .M52 1990
U1  - 930.1/2 20
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Paleolithic period
KW  - Mesolithic period
KW  - Hunting, Prehistoric
KW  - Hunting and gathering societies
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Computer simulation
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - Thoughtful Foragers is about hunter-gatherer decision making. The author explores the implications of the human mind as a product of biological evolution for the way in which humans solve foraging problems. He draws on studies form ethology, psychology and ethnography prior to turning his attention to prehistoric hunter-gatherers. He attempts to construct explanations for patterns in the archaeological record by an explicit focus on decision making by individuals. Thoughtful Foragers will appeal to specialists in European prehistory as well as to those interested in archaeological theory and method. It makes some very significant advances, which will be of real importance for the field of evolutionary theory in relation to human evolution and the evaluation of human social systems.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511752964
ER  -