Tim Ingold & David Riches 
Hunters and Gatherers (Vol I) [PDF ebook] 
Vol I: History, Evolution and Social Change

All that is central to the dynamic process in human society is evident in the study of hunter-gatherers – peoples whose subsistence way of life reflects the original form of human adaptation. This is the thesis of these wide-ranging volumes in which internationally leading scholars consider hunter-gatherer peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia and North America and reflect theoretically on the hunter-gatherer condition.Volume 1: Hunters and Gatherers – History, Evolution and Social Change Volume II: Hunters and Gatherers – Property, Power and Ideology