While browsing a site dedicated to Daniel Quinn (Ishmael, Beyond= Civilization, and more), I came across this page http://www.ishmael.com/Education/Readings/ and this recommended reading... John Gowdy, editor. Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader on Hunter-Gatherer Economics and the Environment. $27.00 from Island Press, available soon. Comment: For more than 99% of our history, human life has meant hunting-gathering life. If you want to know how this life worked, you can spend two or three years intensively browsing the anthropology shelves of your local library or you can read Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader on Hunter-Gatherer Economics and the Environment. John Gowdy's book is a treasure, and I recommend it without reservation to all who want to know more about this tragically-neglected subject.