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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455864403321

Titolo

Style and function [[electronic resource] ] : conceptual issues in evolutionary archaeology / / edited by Teresa D. Hurt and Gordon F.M. Rakita ; foreword by Robert C. Dunnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Bergin & Garvey, 2001

ISBN

0-313-00132-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HurtTeresa D. <1960->

RakitaGordon F. M. <1971->

Disciplina

930.1/01

Soggetti

Archaeology - Methodology

Archaeology - Philosophy

Evolution

Social evolution

Archaeology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; 1 Style and Function An Introduction; 2 Differential Persistence of What The Scale of Selection Issue in Evolutionary Archaeology; 3 Directionality Function and Adaptation in the Archaeological Record; 4 Explaining the Co occurrence of Traits in the Archaeological Record A Further Consideration of Replicative Success; 5 Culture Historical and Biological Approaches to Identifying Homologous Traits; 6 Neutrality Style and Drift Building Methods for Studying Cultural Transmission in the Archaeological Record; 7 Style, Function, and Variation

8 A Million Years of Style and Function Regional and Temporal Variation in Acheulean Handaxes9 Implications of New Studies of Hawaiian Fishhook Variability for Our Understanding of Polynesian Settlement History; 10 Style Function and Systematic Empiricism The Conflation of Process and Pattern; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This text presents theoretical background and case studies that demonstrate how evolutionary definitions of archaeological style and



function may be applied to the prehistoric record.