First and foremost, our thanks are to the contributors to this handbook. They have not only provided the content, but they have also been incredibly patient with us during the course of the production of this volume. Many chapter authors also agreed to assist us in the peer-review process, and we also drew extensively on the expertise of many other scholars in this process. We are extremely grateful to everyone who has helped in this way. Oxford University Press has provided guidance and assistance along the way and we would particularly like to thank Hilary O’Shea, Michael Dela Cruz, Jennifer Vafidis, and Jenny Wagstaff.
We would also like to acknowledge the support offered to us from our respective universities, friends, and academic colleagues. Vicki also received substantial support from the University of Central Lancashire, including a sabbatical, which has enabled her to work on this volume.
Finally, on behalf of the extended international family of hunter-gatherer scholars, we would like to dedicate this handbook to the memory of one of the world’s leading specialists in this research field, Professor Marek Zvelebil (1952–2011)*.
Vicki Cummings and Peter Jordan
Preston and Groningen, November 2013
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers
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