Hunter-Gatherer Societies, Archaeology of

SCHEINSOHN, V.

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences,

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Lugar: Oxford; Año: 2015; p. 423 - 427

Hunter-gatherer archaeology is the archaeological field of study that deals with hunter-gatherers, which are societies that procure most of their food from hunting, gathering, and fishing. Humans have been hunter-gatherers for most of their existence. Until the first food-producing societies developed, hunter-gatherers lived almost everywhere and this subsistence regime constituted the only way of living that humans had. So temporally, hunter-gatherer archaeology extends from the very first hunters documented in the prehistoric past until today. This article reviews the main characteristics of hunter-gatherer archaeology, the history of research, and current developments