The Hunting Peoples

Coon, Carleton S.

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“…Coon (1971) documents the use of unattended pit traps by the Cape Bushmen, who likewise placed stakes in the bottoms. Juvenile and old animals-the former not yet as wary as adults, the latter with impaired sight or smell and, perhaps, living somewhat apart from the herd (Smithers, 1983)-might be particularly vulnerable to traps of this sort.…”

Section: Inferences About Hominid Behaviour At Klasies River Mouthmentioning

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Evidence for Hominid Predation at Klasies River Mouth, South Africa, and its Implications for the Behaviour of Early Modern Humans

Milo

1998

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Section: Inferences About Hominid Behaviour At Klasies River Mouthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evidence for Hominid Predation at Klasies River Mouth, South Africa, and its Implications for the Behaviour of Early Modern Humans

Milo

1998

Journal of Archaeological Science

183

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“…The standardisation in the morphometry of backed tools is very high, denoting a careful ballistic research; 3. Use wear studies, which are able to demonstrate an alternative use for Upper Palaeolithic backed tools, are not sufficiently documented (Lemorini & Rossetti, 1998Donahue, 1988;Derndarsky, 2003) and do not take into account the notion that arrows can be reused or used in the first phases of evisceration of the preys (Coon, 1971); 4. From a behavioural perspective, hunting is a very serious activity that during the Gravettian does not take place with the first available object: the interchangeability of every stone tools is in this cultural phase is very low, and apart from rare cases (backed tools with atypical morphologies -see , an opportunistic use of lithic or bone well standardized tools has never been documented.…”

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Hunting High and Low: Gravettian Hunting Weapons from Southern Italy to the Russian Plain

Borgia

2017

Open Archaeology

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Abstract:The current paper aims at describing and analysing the backed tools found in two Early Gravettian sites separated geographically from each other: Grotta Paglicci (layer 23-22) in Italy, and Kostenki 8 (layer II) in Russia. A similarity between the lithic assemblages of the two sites, and other cultural aspects, has been reported by authors over many decades. The analysis of the backed tools has created the opportunity to apply the same methodological approach to verify the resemblance and potential causes for the similarity, and also to address broader considerations on Gravettian hunting strategies and the modalities and timing of the spread of new techniques, whether related to physical movement of people or assimilation of ideas. The perception is that, during the Gravettian period, shared symbolic behaviours and subsistence strategies linked people living in completely different environments with completely different resources, from the temperate regions of southern Italy, to the very cold Russian plains. This point of view cannot be questioned, but it tends to flatten an articulated palimpsest of human generations and to underestimate the very low demographic density of Prehistoric Europe.

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“…The control of aggressive males is one of the key needs of every society, as has been observed (Coon, 1971;Harris, 1979), and the machismo and even violent aspects of the warrior cult are arguably a way this society siphons off its aggression, such that the wider culture can retain a peaceful integrity.…”

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Meeting the Maasai

Nicholson

2005

Journal of Management Inquiry

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This article reflects on implications of a brief ethnographic field trip to visit a remoteMaasai clan in Northern Kenya. The author, approaching the inquiry from an interest in evolutionary psychology and the study of family business, conducted in-depth interviews with a range of elders, warriors, women, and children, asking questions relating to the intersection of kinship, culture, and organization. The reflections take the form of eight messages for management. These relate to such themes as the relationship between social harmony and the clarity and simplicity of social structure, collectivist values and stewardship models of leadership, the role of mythical beliefs in sustaining cultural integrity, the fragility of strong cultures to certain kinds of change, and the ethical challenges and dilemmas posed by some of the factors that help to sustain them. The article concludes by emphasizing the degree to which one can choose how to configure business cultures to generate outcomes that one regards as desirable and ethical.

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The Hunting Peoples

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Evidence for Hominid Predation at Klasies River Mouth, South Africa, and its Implications for the Behaviour of Early Modern Humans

Evidence for Hominid Predation at Klasies River Mouth, South Africa, and its Implications for the Behaviour of Early Modern Humans

Hunting High and Low: Gravettian Hunting Weapons from Southern Italy to the Russian Plain

Meeting the Maasai

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