Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory
Nathan Goodale ; William Andrefsky, Jr.
Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory /Nathan Goodale - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press , 2015. - xix,297 Pages ;26 cm.
Part I. Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory --
1. Interpreting lithic technology under the evolutionary tent / William Andrefsky, Jr and Nathan Goodale --
Part II. Culture History and Phylogenetic Evolution --
2. Graphing evolutionary pattern in stone tools to reveal evolutionary process / R. Lee Lyman --
3. Theory in archaeology : morphometric approaches to the study of fluted points / Michael Shott --
4. Innovation and natural selection in Paleoindian projectile points from the American Southwest / Todd L. VanPool, Michael J. O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman --
Part III. Applications of Behavioral Ecology to Lithic Studies --
5. A case of extinction in Paleoindian archaeology / Charlotte Beck and George T. Jones --
6. The North China Nanolithic / Robert L. Bettinger, Christopher Morgan and Loukas Barton --
7. When to retouch, haft, or discard? Modeling optimal use/maintenance schedules in lithic tool use / Chris Clarkson, Michael Haslam and Clair Harris --
8. Procurement costs and tool performance requirements : determining constraints on lithic toolstone selection in Baja California Sur / Jennifer Ferris --
9. A model of lithic raw material procurement / Raven Garvey --
10. Artifacts as patches : the marginal value theorem and stone tool life histories / Steven L. Kuhn and D. Shane Miller --
11. Signals in stone : exploring the role of social information exchange, conspicuous consumption, and costly signaling theory in lithic analysis / Colin P. Quinn --
Part IV. Cultural Transmission and Morphology --
12. An analysis of stylistic variability of stemmed obsidian tools (mata'a) on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) / Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt and Brooke Hundtoft --
13. Cultural transmission and the production of material goods : evolutionary pattern through measuring morphology / Nathan Goodale, William Andrefsky, Jr, Curtis Osterhoudt, Lara Cueni and Ian Kuijt --
14. What Steward got right : technology, work organization, and cultural evolution / Nathan E. Stevens --
15. Evolution of the slate tool industry at Bridge River, British Columbia / Anna M. Prentiss, Nathan Goodale, Lucille E. Harris and Nicole Crossland.
This collection of essays combines different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior.
9781107026469
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002
History
Social archaeology--Stone implements--Analysis
930.1 GOO
Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory /Nathan Goodale - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press , 2015. - xix,297 Pages ;26 cm.
Part I. Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory --
1. Interpreting lithic technology under the evolutionary tent / William Andrefsky, Jr and Nathan Goodale --
Part II. Culture History and Phylogenetic Evolution --
2. Graphing evolutionary pattern in stone tools to reveal evolutionary process / R. Lee Lyman --
3. Theory in archaeology : morphometric approaches to the study of fluted points / Michael Shott --
4. Innovation and natural selection in Paleoindian projectile points from the American Southwest / Todd L. VanPool, Michael J. O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman --
Part III. Applications of Behavioral Ecology to Lithic Studies --
5. A case of extinction in Paleoindian archaeology / Charlotte Beck and George T. Jones --
6. The North China Nanolithic / Robert L. Bettinger, Christopher Morgan and Loukas Barton --
7. When to retouch, haft, or discard? Modeling optimal use/maintenance schedules in lithic tool use / Chris Clarkson, Michael Haslam and Clair Harris --
8. Procurement costs and tool performance requirements : determining constraints on lithic toolstone selection in Baja California Sur / Jennifer Ferris --
9. A model of lithic raw material procurement / Raven Garvey --
10. Artifacts as patches : the marginal value theorem and stone tool life histories / Steven L. Kuhn and D. Shane Miller --
11. Signals in stone : exploring the role of social information exchange, conspicuous consumption, and costly signaling theory in lithic analysis / Colin P. Quinn --
Part IV. Cultural Transmission and Morphology --
12. An analysis of stylistic variability of stemmed obsidian tools (mata'a) on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) / Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt and Brooke Hundtoft --
13. Cultural transmission and the production of material goods : evolutionary pattern through measuring morphology / Nathan Goodale, William Andrefsky, Jr, Curtis Osterhoudt, Lara Cueni and Ian Kuijt --
14. What Steward got right : technology, work organization, and cultural evolution / Nathan E. Stevens --
15. Evolution of the slate tool industry at Bridge River, British Columbia / Anna M. Prentiss, Nathan Goodale, Lucille E. Harris and Nicole Crossland.
This collection of essays combines different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior.
9781107026469
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002
History
Social archaeology--Stone implements--Analysis
930.1 GOO
