Anthropology without Informants: Collected Works in Paleoanthropology by L.G. Freeman

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Anthropology without Informants

Collected Works in Paleoanthropology by L.G. Freeman

L. G. Freeman and Knowledge Unlatched
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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2009

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L.G. Freeman is a major scholar of Old World Paleolithic prehistory and a self-described “behavioral paleoanthropologist.” Anthropology without Informants is a collection of previously published papers by this preeminent archaeologist, representing a cross section of his contributions to Old Work Paleolithic prehistory and archaeological theory.

A socio-cultural anthropologist who became a behavioral paleoanthropologist late in his career, Freeman took a unique approach, employing statistical or mathematical techniques in his analysis of archaeological data. All the papers in this collection blend theoretical statements with the archeological facts they are intended to help the reader understand.

Although he taught at the University of Chicago for the span of his 40-year career, Freeman is not well-known among Anglophone scholars, because his primary fieldwork and publishing occurred in Cantabrian, Spain. However, he has been a major player in Paleolithic prehistory, and this volume will introduce his work to more American Archaeologists.

This collection brings the work of an expert scholar, to a broad audience, and will be of interest to archaeologists, their students, and lay readers interested in the Paleolithic era.

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Front Matter
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Contents
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Foreword
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Preface
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partie I Toward a Working Theory
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One Anthropology without Informants
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Two A Theoretical Framework for Interpreting Archeological Materials
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Three The Fat of the Land
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partie II An overview of the paleolithic
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Four By Their Works You Shall Know Them
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Five Paleolithic Polygons
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part III The lower paleolithic
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Six Torralba and Ambrona
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Seven Were There Scavengers at Torralba?
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part IV The middle paleolithic
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Eight Kaleidoscope or Tarnished Mirror?
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Nine The Mousterian, Present and Future of a Concept
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Ten Research on the Middle Paleolithic in the Cantabrian Region
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part V Paleolithic art
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Eleven Meanders on the Byways of Paleolithic Art
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Twelve The Many Faces of Altamira
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Thirteen Techniques of Figure Enhancement in Paleolithic Cave Art
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Fourteen The Cave as Paleolithic Sanctuary
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Fifteen Caves and Art
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part VI The benefits of cooperation
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Sixteen The Participation of North Americans and Spaniards in Joint Prehistoric Research in Cantabria
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Afterword
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Index
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Anthropology without Informants

Overview

About this book

Topics

Table of contents

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

One Anthropology without Informants

Two A Theoretical Framework for Interpreting Archeological Materials

Three The Fat of the Land

Four By Their Works You Shall Know Them

Five Paleolithic Polygons

Six Torralba and Ambrona

Seven Were There Scavengers at Torralba?

Eight Kaleidoscope or Tarnished Mirror?

Nine The Mousterian, Present and Future of a Concept

Ten Research on the Middle Paleolithic in the Cantabrian Region

Eleven Meanders on the Byways of Paleolithic Art

Twelve The Many Faces of Altamira

Thirteen Techniques of Figure Enhancement in Paleolithic Cave Art

Fourteen The Cave as Paleolithic Sanctuary

Fifteen Caves and Art

Sixteen The Participation of North Americans and Spaniards in Joint Prehistoric Research in Cantabria

Afterword

Permissions

Index

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