Cultural phylogenetics [electronic resource] : concepts and applications in archaeology / Larissa Mendoza Straffon, editor.
Mendoza Straffon, Larissa, editor.
2016
CC72.4 .C85 2016eb
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Title Cultural phylogenetics [electronic resource] : concepts and applications in archaeology / Larissa Mendoza Straffon, editor.
ISBN 9783319259284 (electronic book)
3319259288 (electronic book)
9783319259260
3319259261
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25928-4
Published Cham : Springer, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 202 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-25928-4 doi
Call Number CC72.4 .C85 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 930.1
Summary This book explores the potential and challenges of implementing evolutionary phylogenetic methods in archaeological research, by discussing key concepts and presenting concrete applications of these approaches. The volume is divided into two parts: The first covers the theoretical and conceptual implications of using evolution-based models in the sociocultural domain, illustrates the sorts of questions that these methods can help answer, and invites the reader to reflect on the opportunities and limitations of these perspectives. The second part comprises case studies that address relevant empirical issues, such as inferring patterns and rates of cultural transmission, detecting selective pressures in cultural evolution, and explaining the nature of cultural variation. This book will appeal to archaeologists interested in applying evolutionary thinking and inferential methods to their field, and to anyone interested in cultural evolution studies.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Added Author Mendoza Straffon, Larissa, editor.
Series Interdisciplinary evolution research ; v. 4.
Available in Other Form Cultural phylogenetics.
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The applications and challenges of cultural phylogenetics in archaeology : an introduction / Larissa Mendoza Straffon
Part I. Concepts and theories. Development and degeneration : classification and evolution of human populations and languages in the history of anthropology / Frank Kressing and Matthis Krischel ; Darwinian archaeology and cultural phylogenetics / Daniel García Rivero ; The importance of a "quantitative genetic" approach to the evolution of artifact morphological traits / Stephen J. Lycett
Part II. Case studies and applications. Resisting innovation? : learning, cultural evolution and the potter's wheel in the Mediterranean Bronze Age / Carl Knappett ; Mosaic evolution in cultural frameworks : skateboard decks and projectile points / Anna Marie Prentiss, Matthew J. Walsh, Randall R. Skelton, and Matt Mattes ; Mind the network : rock art, cultural transmission, and mutual information / Inés Caridi and Vivian Scheinsohn ; A cladistics analysis exploring regional patterning of the anthropomorphic figurines from the Gravettian / Allison Tripp.

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