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An explanatory Theory must answer an explanation-seeking “why” question concerning a “what”; e.g. why did a State develop in the Nile valley? Acceptable theories covering Egypt or anthropological theories applicable to the area do not exist. A theory consists of a general regula…

This thesis provides an 'immanent' critique of the moral dimension of Hayek'spolitical theory.The concept of morality that Hayek advances is epistemologically founded.That concept is concerned with the recognition and respect of the natural limits ofhuman knowledge and is incomp…

Cultural transmission has long been a key organizing principle within anthropology, but the effort to formalize cultural transmission models and fit them to archaeological data is more recent, stimulated by work by Robert Dunnell in the 1970's. Since then, the use of cultural tr…

Recently the availability of hand-held recording devices has driven the immense growth of citizen-science repositories. While these repositories have the benefit of providing a well-distributed dataset, they also bring the challenge of analyzing recordings collected using device…