Before Farming: the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers

ref: Before Farming 2008/4 article 3

BOOK review

The First Africans: African Archaeology from the Earliest Toolmakers to
Most Recent Foragers
Lawrence Barham & Peter Mitchell
ISBN (paperback) 9780521612654
ISBN (hardback) 9780521847964
New York: Cambridge University Press. 2008
602 pages, 117 b/w illustrations, 5 tables
$36.99/£18.99 (pb) $99.00/£50.00 (hb)

The latest on the first Africans

Christian Tryon
Department of Anthropology, New York University, 25 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10003 USA
christian.tryon@nyu.edu

Alison Brooks
Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, 2110 G St NW
Washington, DC 20052 USA
abrooks@gwu.edu

ref: Before Farming 2008/4 article 4

PERSONAL review

Benefit of foresight

Before farming and after globalization: the future of hunter-gatherers may be brighter than you think

Helga Vierich
Golden Spike Farm, Township Road, Spruce Grove, Alberta, T7Y 1H8, Canada
helgav@mac.com