Evolutionary Theory in Archaeological Explanation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5947434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Michael Barton (0000-0003-2561-1927, Arizona State University, corresponding author), Geoffrey A Clark (0000-0003-0161-8438, Arizona State University) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-15 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1551-823X • E-ISSN: 1551-8248 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ap3a.1997.7.1.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2129395674 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 17 |
In spite of the the fact that archaeology embodies the study of change, it is only within the last few years that neo-Darwinian theory has begun to have an impact on archaeological explanation. This lack of acceptance of neo-Darwinian theory in archaeology is in part the result of a long history of archaeologists misunderstanding the processes and expectations of evolutionary theory. This volume attempts to illustrate the applicability of neo-Darwinian theory in archaeology by compiling studies that use this theoretical basis to resolve archaeological problems at varying degrees of temporal depth, at varying scales of social complexity, and employing varying metholodologies. Although a broad range of topics are covered in this volume, a number of issues remain to be addressed, including: links between evolutionary units and archaeological explanation; processes involved with the origin of behavioral variability; processes involved with the transmission of behavior; evaluating behavioral fitness; and the role of 'non-Darwinian' processes in behavioral change
Archaeology · Darwinism · Epistemology · Evolutionary theory · Sociology · Engineering · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · History · Language and cultural evolution · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
Maize Agriculture Evolution in the Eastern Woodlands of North America
La producción de sal en el sitio Gallo encantado (GE1), Chiapas, México
Accidents of History
Archaeology's search for a Darwinian account of the past
Compositional Characterization of Prehistoric Ceramics
Multilevel Selection and Political Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca, 500–100 B.C
Evaluating evolutionary archaeology
Evolutionary Theory and the Historical Development of Dry-Land Agriculture in North Kohala, Hawai'i
Explaining the prehistory of ceramic technology on Waya Island, Fiji
Practice and history in archaeology
The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm
Aspects of the application of evolutionary theory in archaeology
The Origins of Agriculture
Evolutionary Archaeology
Cultural Transmission and Evolution
Cultural transmission and evolution
Art as information
Stylistic Variation in Evolutionary Perspective
Symbiosis, Instability, and the Origins and Spread of Agriculture
Some Relationships between Behavioral and Evolutionary Archaeologies
Theory, Sampling, and Analytical Techniques in the Archaeological Study of Prehistoric Ceramics
Style and Function
The Role of Adaptation in Archaeological Explanation
Can Group-Functional Behaviors Evolve by Cultural Group Selection
Elements of an inclusive evolutionary model for archaeology
| Citations per year | 0.37 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2021 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |