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

• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Bergin & Garvey, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxviii, 212 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 930.1/01
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology - Methodology; Archaeology - Philosophy; Evolution; Social evolution; Archaeology
• Altri autori: HurtTeresa D. <1960-> RakitaGordon F. M. <1971->
• 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 Handaxes; 9 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Style and function
• ISBN: 0-313-00132-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780164803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II