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Home - Ancient-Warfare.com, the online home of Ancient Warfare magazine - Ancient-Warfare.com, the online home of Ancient Warfare magazine. Journal of Anthropological Research Volume 62, Number 2. FROM SPEARS TO M-16s Testing the Imbalance of Power Hypothesis among the Enga LARGE-SCALE RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTION AND POLITICAL CENTRALIZATION A Case Study from Ancient Korea CULTURAL BORDERS, HYBRIDIZATION, AND A SENSE OF BOUNDARIES IN THAILAND, MEXICO, AND ISRAEL THE MANY MANIPULATIONS OF MORTY MOUSE Children’s Stories and the Parental Encouragement of Altruism BOOK REVIEWS ROBERT S. SANTLEY October 6, 1948 – March 23, 2006 Robert Santley, Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, died in his sleep after a long series of illnesses.

Publishing until the very last, he was an extraordinarily prolific and important scholar of Mesoamerican complex societies who left a legacy of books, articles in prestigious journals, significant chapters in edited volumes, book reviews, and technical reports, as well as unpublished manuscripts that hopefully will be published without delay. FROM SPEARS TO M-16s Testing the Imbalance of Power Hypothesis among the Enga Prof. Home - Ancient-Warfare.com, the online home of Ancient Warfare magazine - Ancient-Warfare.com, the online home of Ancient Warfare magazine.

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History. Hunter-Gatherer Wiki. WHAT HUNTER-GATHERERS DO. ‚ Hunter-Gatherers in North America - from 12,000 BP to at least 3,500 BP (and to European contact in many areas) - found in many diverse environments -- from semi-tropics to arctic tundra - survived (even thrived) through periods of major climatic/environmental change ‚ Hunter-Gatherers in General - once thought that h-g were marginal, unevolved (Morgan, unilinear evolution) - but work of Richard Lee (and others) changed this perception - showed that h-g meet their needs with less effort than farmers -- original Aaffluent society@ - many knew of farming, but rejected it - most are egalitarian and accumulate few possessions, but some (NWC) even become wealthy - how do they do it?

‚ Forager-Collector Model - proposed by L.R. . - model seen as a continuum between two quite different ways of life - both are mobile in pursuit of food, but mobile in diff erent ways Foragers - practise residential mobility -- establish many base camps through the year Collectors - h&g food in much wider range around base camp.