Información General

• Autores: Larissa Mendoza Straffon (ed. lit.)
• Editores: Springer Suiza
• Año de publicación: 2016
• País: Suiza
• Idioma: inglés
• ISBN: 9783319259260
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Resumen

• Inferring and explaining cultural patterns and the ways in which human groups relate and interact over large spans of time or space is one of the biggest challenges for archaeologists. When dealing with either the remote past or the present, researchers struggle to learn about the conditions and mechanisms by which cultural traits originate, move, change, and disappear. The use of phylogenetic methods, originated in evolutionary biology to measure relatedness between species, can help to make signifi cant advances toward those aims. This introduction maps the fi eld of cultural phylogenetics, considers its potential for archaeological research, and summarizes the proposals laid out by the contributors of this book.

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Listado de artículos

• • The Applications and Challenges of Cultural Phylogenetics in Archaeology: An Introduction

    Larissa Mendoza Straffon

    • Resumen

    págs. 1-15

    

  • Part I. Concepts and Theories

    • Development and Degeneration: Classification and Evolution of Human Populations and Languages in the History of Anthropology

      Frank Kressing, Matthis Krischel

      págs. 19-41

      

    • Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Phylogenetics

      Daniel García Rivero

      págs. 43-72

      

    • The importance of a "Quantitative Genetic" Approach to the Evolution of Artifac Morphological Traits

      Stephen J. Lycett

      págs. 73-93

      

  • Part II. Case Studies and Applications

    • Resisting Innovation?: Learning, Cultural Evolution and the Potter's Wheel in the Mediterranean Bronze Age

      Carl Knappett

      págs. 97-111

      

    • Mosaic Evolution in Cultural Frameworks: Skateboard Decks and Projectile Points

      Anna Marie Prentiss, Matthew J. Walsh, Randall R. Skelton, Matt Mattes

      págs. 113-130

      

    • Mind the Network: Rock Art, Cultural Transmission and Mutual Information

      Inés Caridi, Vivian Scheinsohn

      págs. 131-177

      

    • A Cladistics Analysis Exploring Regional Patterning of the Anthropomorphic Figurines from the Gravettian

      Allison Tripp

      págs. 179-202