Gardens of War: Life and Death in the New Guinea Stone Age

by Robert Gardner; Karl G. Heider, Karl G. Heider, Margaret Mead (Introduction)

Gardens of Life and Death in the New Guinea Stone Age

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

A great capture of the first scholarly expedition into the region of the Dani people of New Guinea in 1961, with full color photography, ethnographic study, and a host of important scholars involved. Includes photos by Michael Rockefeller prior to his death. How interesting to witness a "stone age" war between tribes (their words, not mine) alongside sweet potato farming, funerals and rituals, and daily infrastructure building. The primary author, Robert Gardner, also made the documentary "Dead Birds" from his filming and research there,