What specifically are the traditional ideas about hunter-gatherers and what were Sahlins’ criticisms of those ideas?

Marshal Sahlins and The Original Affluent Society
In the essay The Original Affluent Society (first published in 1968), Marshal Sahlins argues that traditional ideas about hunter-gatherers are wrong and that hunter-gatherers were actually the original affluent society, even though they lack material wealth. Eleven years later, Richard Lee published the book, The Dobe Ju/’hoansi.
Does Richard Lee’s book support Sahlins’ claims that:
(1)Traditional ideas about hunter-gatherers are incorrect;
– What specifically are the traditional ideas about hunter-gatherers and what were Sahlins’ criticisms of those ideas?
– Does The Dobe Ju/’hoansi support Salhins?
(2)Hunter-gatherers were actually the original affluent society.
– Does The Dobe Ju/’hoansi support Salhins’ claims about hunter-gatherers, in regard to workload, leisure time, nutrition, health, and abundance?
– Were the Dobe ! Ju/’hoansi affluent?

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