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Author Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall, 1931-

Title The old way : a story of the first people / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  DT1558.S38 T46 2006    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 343 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Note "Sarah Crichton books."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327) and index.
Contents About words and names -- Fifteen thousand centuries -- Our lineage -- Meat and fire -- The Kalahari -- The search -- The place -- Hunting -- Gathering -- Poison -- Dangerous animals -- Lions -- Men and women -- The life cycle -- The social fabric -- Peacekeeping -- Knowledge -- Religion -- Tsumkwe -- Return -- The present.
Subject San (African people) -- History.
San (African people)
History.
San (African people) -- Social life and customs.
San (African people) -- Social life and customs.
Hunting and gathering societies -- Namibia -- History.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Namibia.
Hunting and gathering societies -- Botswana -- History.
Botswana.
ISBN 9780374225520 cloth alkaline paper
0374225524 cloth alkaline paper