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Lithic technological systems and evolutionary theory

Goodale, Nathan, 1977-, Andrefsky, William, Jr., 1955-, Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting (74th : 2009 : Atlanta, Ga.)

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\"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 by-product 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\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Stone implements Analysis Congresses. / Tools, Prehistoric Analysis. / Human evolution Philosophy. / Social archaeology. / Human behavior History. / Human ecology History. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
• ISBN: 9781107026469, 1107026466

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
CC79.5.S76 L5775 2015	1	BOOK	GENERAL