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Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory

By Dr Nathan Goodale , Dr William Andrefsky Jr

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1107026466, 9781107026469
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10704363 bytes)
Pages
312\320
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-05-20 15:39:21
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Description

Stone tool analysis relies on a strong background in analytical and methodological techniques. However, lithic technological analysis has not been well integrated with a theoretically-informed approach to understanding how humans procured, made, and used stone tools. Evolutionary theory has great potential to fill this gap. This collection of essays brings together several different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a byproduct of human behavior. The essays cover a range of topics, including human behavioral ecology, cultural transmission, phylogenetic analysis, risk management, macroevolution, dual inheritance theory, cladistics, central place foraging, costly signaling, selection, drift, and various applications of evolutionary ecology.

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