Proponents of the model known as the “human revolution” claim that modern human
behaviors arose suddenly, and nearly simultaneously, throughout the Old World ca. 40 …

This review article summarizes some of the major research on “paleolithic art” since 1979,
with the explicit intent of evaluating how this research has contributed to the search for the …

In 1990 Namibia gained its independence after a decades-long struggle against South
African rule--and, before that, against German colonialism. This book, the first new scholarly …

Particular geographic features of the Mediterranean Levant underlie the subsistence
patterns and social structures reconstructed from the archaeological remains of Epi …

Originally published in 1991, this is the first book-length exploration of post-structuralist
discourse theory in archaeology. It tackles the most basic problem of historical and …

Numerous San rock paintings apparently enter or leave the rock face. Neuropsychological
and ethnographic evidence suggests that San shamans visited the spirit world via a tunnel …

This unique and fascinating book concentrates on the varying roles and functions that
material culture may play in almost all aspects of the social fabric of a given culture. The …

Etymologically, the term'war'is derived from Old High German werra, signifying confusion,
discord or strife. War is a species of the genus of violence; more specifically, it is collective …

The meaning of 'shamanism'has been debated for almost three centuries, ever since the
term was coined to describe the activities of those who attained altered states of …

Page 1 The Nasca Page 2 The Peoples of America General Editors Alan Kolata and Dean
Snow This series is about the native peoples and civilizations of the Americas, from their …