Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory (Hardcover)

Stone tool analysis relies on a strong background in analytical and methodological techniques. However, lithic technological analysis has not been well integrated with a theoretically informed approach to understanding how humans procured, made, and used stone tools. Evolutionary theory has great potential to fill this gap. This collection of essays brings together several different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior. The essays cover a range of topics, including human behavioral ecology, cultural transmission, phylogenetic analysis, risk management, macroevolution, dual inheritance theory, cladistics, central place foraging, costly signaling, selection, drift, and various applications of evolutionary ecology.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2015
Editors:	Nathan Goodale • William Andrefsky, Jr
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-02646-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological theory Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
LSN:	1-107-02646-6
Barcode:	9781107026469

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