Darwinian archaeologies / edited by Herbert Donald Graham Maschner ; foreword by Stephen Shennan.
| Other author | Maschner, Herbert D. G. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Plenum Press, ©1996. |
| Description | xxi, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology The language of science Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology. ^A237017 Language of science. ^A264413 |
| Contents | Darwinian archaeologies: an introductory essay -- The historical development of an evolutionary archaeology: a selectionist approach -- Explaining the change from biface to flake technology: a selectionist application --Cultural virus theory and the eusocial pottery assemblage -- Organized dissonance: multiple code structures in the replication of human culture -- Kin selection and the origins of hereditary social inequality: a case study from the northern Northwest Coast -- Archaeology, style, and the theory of coevolution -- Style, function, and cultural evolutionary processes -- In search of the watchmaker: attribution of agency in natural and cultural selection -- Weak modularity and the evolution of human social behavior -- The origin of art: natural signs, mental modularity, and visual symbolism -- The state of evolutionary archaeology: evolutionary correctness, or the search for the common ground. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 96017069 |
| ISBN | 0306453282 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | CC72.4 .D37 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |