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Cladistics and archaeology

By R. Lee , O’Brien , Michael John; Lyman

Book information

Publisher
University of Utah Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780874807752, 0874807751
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2014230 bytes)
Pages
280\320
Topic
History Archaeology
Time added
2016-07-05 07:48:14
Archaeology -- Methodology;Cladistic analysis;Arch

Description

In Cladistics and Archaeology, Michael O'Brien and Lee Lyman explore the application of cladistics to archaeology by considering artifacts as human phenotypic characters. Their fundamental premise is that particular kinds of characters (style, artifact type, tool) can be used to create historically meaningful nested taxa. Further, they argue that this approach offers a means of building connections and ...

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