Forager-traders in south and southeast Asia : long-term histories / edited by Kathleen D. Morrison and Laura L. Junker.

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TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 288 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Forager-traders in south and southeast Asia.DDC classification:

959.01 22

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GN635.S58 F67 2002eb

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Contents:

Historicizing adaptation, adapting to history: forager-traders in South and Southeast Asia / Kathleen D. Morrison -- Part I. South Asia: -- Introduction / Kathleen D. Morrison -- Hunting and gathering strategies in prehistoric India: a biocultural perspective on trade and subsistence / John R. Lukacs -- Harappans and hunters: economic interaction and specialization in prehistoric India / Gregory L. Possehl -- Gender and social organization in the reliefs of the Nilgiri Hills / Allen Zagarell -- Pepper in the hills: upland-lowland exchange and the intensification of the spice trade / Kathleen D. Morrison -- Part II. Southeast Asia: -- Introduction / Laura L. Junker -- Hunters and traders in northern Australia / Sandra Bowdler -- Foragers, farmers, and traders in the Malayan Peninsula: origins of cultural and biological diversity / Alan Fix -- Economic specialization and inter-ethnic trade between foragers and farmers in the prehispanic Philippines / Laura L. Junker.

Summary: In both South and Southeast Asia, many upland groups make a living through various combinations of foraging and hunting. This book uses a series of detailed comparative case-studies to re-evaluate forager-trader groups and place them within the surrounding political, economic and social worlds of South and Southeast Asia.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-275) and index.

In both South and Southeast Asia, many upland groups make a living through various combinations of foraging and hunting. This book uses a series of detailed comparative case-studies to re-evaluate forager-trader groups and place them within the surrounding political, economic and social worlds of South and Southeast Asia.