Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
The essays in this collection examine cultural evolution from diverse viewpoints. Topics include the evolution of complex societies in the tropics of South America, the role of prime movers in cultural evolution, and more.
In the 1970s, A. Terry Rambo conducted fieldwork in Peninsular Malaysia with a group of Semang people. The community he studied had a seminomadic lifestyle: at times they stayed in houses or lean-tos in a village, and at other times they foraged in the surrounding rain forest for food. Rambo’s goal was to assess this group’s impact on the local environment.
