HUNTER-GATHERERS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE
a meeting of the Biosocial Society
organised by Catherine Panter-Brick, Robert Layton and Peter Rowley-Conwy
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM, ENGLAND, 7 MAY 1999
The meeting will comprise the following eleven presentations:
ROBERT LAYTON, CATHERINE PANTER-BRICK and PETER ROWLEY-CONWY (University of
Durham, UK): Hunter-Gatherers: why a new synthesis?
STEVEN KUHN and MARY STINER (University of Arizona, USA): The antiquity of
hunter-gatherers.
PETER ROWLEY-CONWY (University of Durham, UK): Time, change and the
archaeology of hunter-gatherers: how original is the original affluent
society?
BRUCE WINTERHALDER (University of North Caroline, USA): The behavioral
ecology of hunter-gatherers: recent work.
MARK JENIKE (Pomona College, USA): Nutritional ecology: diet, growth,
physical activity and health.
RENEE PENNINGTON (University of Utah, USA): Hunter-gatherer demography.
ALAIN FROMENT (Laboratoire ERMES, France): Biological anthropology of
hunter-gatherers: genetic evolution and environmental constraints.
PATRICK MCCONVELL (Griffith University, Australia): Language shift and
language spread among hunter-gatherers.
ROBIN TORRENCE (Australian Museum): Hunter-gatherer technology as optimal
solutions.
MEG CONKEY (University of California, USA): Hunting for images, gathering
up meanings: the life of art and art for life in hunting-gathering societies.
ROBERT LAYTON (University of Durham, UK): Indigenous rights.
The papers will provide up-to-date reviews of the literature on
hunter-gatherers by leading researchers in each field.
For further information contact Catherine Panter-Brick and the
Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, Old Elvet, Durham DH1
3HN, UK.
Telephone +44-(0)191-374-2854; fax +44-(0)191-374-2870; e mail
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William of Occam 1285-1347
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