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Understanding cultural transmission in anthropology : a critical synthesis / edited by Roy Ellen, Stephen J. Lycett, and Sarah E. Johns.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 26.
- Methodology and history in anthropology ; volume 26
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human evolution.
- Social evolution.
- Social systems.
- Communication and culture.
- Intercultural communication.
- Ethnobiology.
- Traditional ecological knowledge.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (391 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The concept of ""cultural transmission"" is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations. Yet, what is understood by the phrase and how it might best be studied is highly contested. This book brings together contributions that reflect the current diversity of approaches - from the fields of biology, primatology, palaeoanthropology, psychology, social anthropology, ethnobiology, and archaeology - to examine social
- Contents:
- Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology; Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology - A Critical Synthesis; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction - On the Concept of Cultural Transmission; Chapter 1 - What Animals other than Primates can tell us about Human Cultural Transmission; Chapter 2 - Culture in Non-human Primates; Chapter 3 - Cultural Transmission Theory and Fossil Hominin Behaviour; Chapter 4 - Studying Cultural Transmission within an Interdisciplinary Cultural Evolutionary Framework
- Chapter 5 - Do Transmission Isolating Mechanisms (TRIMS) Influence Cultural Evolution?Chapter 6 - Co-evolution between Bentwood Box Traditions and Languages on the Pacific Northwest Coast; Chapter 7 - The Transmission of Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Skills among Tsimane' in the Bolivian Amazon; Chapter 8 - Processual Perspectives on Traditional Environmental Knowledge; Chapter 9 - Transmitting Penan Basketry Knowledge and Practice; Chapter 10 - Plant Exchange and Social Performance; Chapter 11 - Thinking Like a Cheese; Chapter 12 - Lineages of Cultural Transmission; Notes on Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-264-7
- 0-85745-993-7
- 1-78238-072-8
- 0-85745-994-5
- OCLC:
- 858654188
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