Cultural transmission, copying errors, and the generation of variation in material culture and the archaeological record
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8047583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J W Eerkens (0000-0002-2150-8917, University of California, Davis), C P Lipo (0000-0003-4391-3590, California State University, Long Beach) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 316-334 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-4165 • E-ISSN: 1090-2686 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jaa.2005.08.001 |
| OpenAlex | W2131290019 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 218 |
| References cited | 87 |
Archaeological record · Archaeology · Biology · Copying · Cultural transmission in animals · Evolutionary biology · Prehistory · Projectile point · Replication · Statistics · Variation (astronomy · Woodland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · History · Language and cultural evolution · Law · Mathematics · Ecology
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Entre estilo e função
Investigating the dynamics of cultural mutations in local medicinal plant use in NE Brazil
Darwin en los alfares
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Theoretical Framework
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Introduction to the Central European Magdalenian
The Early History of Weaving in West Africa
Technology in the Sahara and Beyond
Shattering Illusions
Innovation and Natural Selection in PaleoindianProjectile Points from the American Southwest
A framework for the unification of the behavioral sciences
Role and Status of Drama in Spiritual and Material Culture
Mapping the field of cultural evolutionary theory and methods in archaeology using bibliometric methods
Pots equal people
Cultural Transmission in Printed Games of Cupid
Counterfeiting at Le Clos-Paul in Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes, France). Reconstruction trial of a complex chaîne opératoire
More on Clovis Learning
The Manufacture of Northern Fluted Points
The acheulean handaxe
Fishhook variability and cultural transmission in East Polynesia
Balka Kantserka
Technological Change and the Importance of Variability
Lithic Technological Organization in an Evolutionary Framework
Learning in the Acheulean
Transmission of Cultural Variants in the North American Paleolithic
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Analytical Approaches to Palaeolithic Technologies
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Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory
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Benchmarking methods and data for the whole-outline geometric morphometric analysis of lithic tools
Cultural transmission and correlational selection in Late Period projectile points from the Puna of Salta, Argentina (CE 900 - 1500)
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Copying errors of potters from three cultures
Diversités technologiques et convergences économiques et culturelles au Mésolithique
The accumulation of stochastic copying errors causes drift in culturally transmitted technologies
The diversity of North American projectile-point types, before and after the bow and arrow
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Indigenous technologies and the production of early colonial ceramics in Dominican Republic
Cultural transmission of architectural traits
Discerning invention/innovation processes in artifact design change
Compositional analysis of black-slipped pottery from the Hulushan and Maoershan kiln sites
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Hamburgian weapon delivery technology
Simulating cultural transmission
How Cultural Transmission Through Objects Impacts Inferences About Cultural Evolution
Population Size Limits the Coefficient of Variation in Continuous Traits Affected by Proportional Copying Error (and Why This Matters for Studying Cultural Transmission)
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Toward a “Quantitative Genetic” Approach to Lithic Variation
Exploring the Effects of Assemblage Accumulation on Diversity and Innovation Rate Estimates in Neutral, Conformist, and Anti-Conformist Models of Cultural Transmission
Toy Story
Stimulated Variation and Cascades
The Evolution of Migration
Processual and postprocessual archaeologies
Explanation of Prehistoric Change
Origins of the Human Brain
The Evolution of Technology
A Chronological Method Applicable to the Southeast
The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change
Perspective
Explaining culture
Genes, Mind, and Culture
In the Netherlands
Why decorate a pot? Midwestern household pottery, 200 B.C.-A.D.600
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Ceramic Decoration Sequence at an Old Indian Village Site Near Sicily Island, Louisiana
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The evolution of prestige
Cultural transmission and evolution
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The evolution of cultural evolution
Population Structure, Cultural Transmission, and Frequency Seriation
Vessels and villages
On Modeling Cognition and Culture
Reasserting the Utility of Obsidian Hydration Dating
The influence of surface treatment on heating effectiveness of ceramic vessels
Soil Temperature and Obsidian Hydration Dating
The explanation of culture change
On the Ascription of Functions to Objects, with Special Reference to Inference in Archaeology
Pottery Function
A Study of Style and Function in a Class of Tools
A Functional Analysis of Selected Stone Artifacts from the Magdalenian Site at Verberie, France
The mechanical properties of bone materials in relation to the design and function of prehistoric tools from Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina
Applying Evolutionary Archaeology
Practice Makes Within 5% of Perfect
Evolutionary Implications of Metrical Variation in Great Basin Projectile Points
Stylistic Variation in Evolutionary Perspective
New Perspectives on Experimental Archaeology
Ceramic Style Change and Neutral Evolution
Techniques for Assessing Standardization in Artifact Assemblages
A Preliminary Analysis of Functional Variability in the Mousterian of Levallois Facies
Seriation as a method of chronologically ordering architectural design traits
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The trouble with memes
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The Explanation of Culture Change
American archaeology
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology
Cultural Traits
Memoirs of the International Congress of Anthropology
American Archaeology Past and Future
Demography and Cultural Evolution
A Neutral Model of Stone Raw Material Procurement
Cultural Transmission and Stochastic Network Growth
Ceramic Standardization and Intensity of Production
Standardization, Labor Investment, Skill, and the Organization of Ceramic Production in Late Prehispanic Highland Peru
Big Pots for Big Shots
Organic-Tempered Pottery
Obsidian Dating in California
Style and Social Information in Kalahari San Projectile Points
Style and Function
Archaeology as Anthropology
A Chronological Method Applicable to the Southeast
Point Typologies, Cultural Transmission, and the Spread of Bow-and-Arrow Technology in the Prehistoric Great Basin
The Life History of Culture Learning in a Face-to-Face Society
Cultural Transmission and the Diffusion of Innovations
Cognitive Tracks of Cultural Inheritance
On the Principle of Order in Civilization as Exemplified by Changes of Fashion
The Speech of a Zuñi Child
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The Weights of Chipped Stone Points
Household Size of Prehistoric Western Pueblo Indians
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| Unique citing works | 218 |
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| Citations per year | 10,9 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 210 |