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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurt, Teresa D., 1960-

Rakita, Gordon F. M., 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--Philosophy.

Evolution.

Social evolution.

Archaeology--Classification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 212 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216020905

9780313001321

0313001324

OCLC:

55109498