Contents

pp vii-vii

List of figures

pp viii-ix

List of tables

pp x-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

1 - Introduction

pp 1-18

PART ONE - LEARNING FROM THE PRESENT

pp 19-20

2 - The eco-psychology of decision making

pp 21-51

3 - The ethnography of hunter-gatherer decision making

pp 52-88

PART TWO - MESOLITHIC FORAGING AND SOCIETY

pp 89-90

4 - Broken bones and buried bodies: patterns in the archaeological record

pp 91-108

5 - Gearing up with methodological tools: building a simulation model

pp 109-151

6 - Decision making in the Mesolithic: multiple action replays

pp 152-194

PART THREE - UPPER PALAEOLITHIC ART AND ECONOMY

pp 195-196

7 - Seeking the decision maker: faunal assemblages and hunting behaviour

pp 197-225

8 - Through a hunter's eyes … and into his mind?

pp 226-255

9 - Conclusion

pp 256-265

Bibliography

pp 266-285

Index

pp 286-289