Description: "Garvey uses human ecology and cultural evolution models to address the reasons for continued hunting and gathering in Patagonia over agriculture"--
Review Quotes: "Patagonian Prehistory is a major work of lasting importance. It fills a long-standing gap in anthropological treatments of Patagonia, anchors the major questions to be addressed there on a solid groundwork of evolutionary theory, and establishes Dr. Garvey as a major South American scholar with interests in, and research on, problems of interest to scholars around the world that transcend her Patagonian subject matter."--Robert L. Bettinger, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis
"Well written, technically and theoretically up to date. The work draws attention to a part of the Holocene hunter-gatherer world that (like Tasmania) offers a strong counter to general expectations about relationships between latitude, environmental productivity, and many aspects of forager behavior. It also offers a solution to problems worthy of further exploration."--James F. O'Connell, professor emeritus of anthropology, University of Utah "This book is not just about regional prehistory--it's about how to think about a region's prehistory, with Patagonia as a case study. If you want an example of how to think about prehistory from the point of view of two evolutionary paradigms--human behavioral ecology and co-evolutionary theory--you will not be disappointed."--Robert L. Kelly, professor, anthropology, University of Wyoming