Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory

by Andrefsky, William,, Jr Goodale, Nathan

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This collection of essays combines different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior.

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Full title :Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory / edited by Nathan Goodale, William Andrefsky, Jr.

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This collection of essays combines different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

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Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : illustrations

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ISBN:9781316203736, 1316203735, 9781139207775, 1139207776
oclc:ocn898770478
LC Classification:CC79.5.S76
Dewey Decimal:930.1

Part I. Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory -- 1. Interpreting lithic technology under the evolutionary tent / William Andrefsky, Jr and Nathan Goodale -- Part II. Culture History and Phylogenetic Evolution -- 2. Graphing evolutionary pattern in stone tools to reveal evolutionary process / R. Lee Lyman -- 3. Theory in archaeology : morphometric approaches to the study of fluted points / Michael Shott -- 4. Innovation and natural selection in Paleoindian projectile points from the American Southwest / Todd L. VanPool, Michael J. O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman -- Part III. Applications of Behavioral Ecology to Lithic Studies -- 5. A case of extinction in Paleoindian archaeology / Charlotte Beck and George T. Jones -- 6. The North China Nanolithic / Robert L. Bettinger, Christopher Morgan and Loukas Barton -- 7. When to retouch, haft, or discard? Modeling optimal use/maintenance schedules in lithic tool use / Chris Clarkson, Michael Haslam and Clair Harris -- 8. Procurement costs and tool performance requirements : determining constraints on lithic toolstone selection in Baja California Sur / Jennifer Ferris -- 9. A model of lithic raw material procurement / Raven Garvey -…

Subjects

Archéologie sociale Comportement humain -- Histoire History HISTORY -- Ancient Homme -- Évolution human behavior Human behavior -- History human ecology Human ecology -- History Human evolution -- Philosophy Outils de pierre -- Analyse Outils préhistoriques -- Analyse Social archaeology Stone implements -- Analysis Tools, Prehistoric -- Analysis