Macroevolution in human prehistory : evolutionary theory and processual archaeology

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Prentiss, Anna Marie.

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9781441906816

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New York : Springer, 2009.

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ix, 324 s. : res., hrt. ; 25 cm.

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Proximate causation, group selection, and the evolution of hierarchical human societies : system, process, and pattern / Michael Rosenberg -- Landscape learning in relation to evolutionary theory / Marcy Rockman -- "The multiplication of forms" : Bering Strait harpoon heads as a demic and macroevolutionary proxy / Owen K. Mason -- The emergence of new socioeconomic strategies in the middle and late Holocene Pacific Northwest region of North America / Anna Marie Prentiss -- Testing the morphogenesist model of primary state formation : the Zapotec case / Charles S. Spencer -- Evolutionary biology and the emergence of agriculture : the value of co-opted models of evolution in the study of culture change / Melinda A. Zeder -- A macroevolutionary perspective on the archaeological record of North America / James C. Chatters -- Cultural stasis and change in northern North America : a macroevolutionary perspective / Anna Marie Prentiss and Michael Lenert -- Niche construction, macroevolution, and the late Epipaleolithic of the Near East / Ian Kuijt and Anna Marie Prentiss -- Macroevolutionary theory and archaeology : is there a big picture? / Robert L. Bettinger -- Material cultural macroevolution / Niles Eldredge.

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Prentiss, Anna Marie.

Kuijt, Ian.

Chatters, James C.

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http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-1-4419-0681-6

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Cultural evolution, much like general evolution, works from the assumption that cultures are descendent from much earlier ancestors. Human culture manifests itself in forms ranging from the small bands of hunters, through intermediate scale complex hunter-gatherers and farmers, to the high density urban settlements and complex polities that characterize much of today's world.

The chapters in the volume examine the dynamic interaction between the micro- and macro-scales of cultural evolution, developing a theoretical approach to the archaeological record that has been termed evolutionary processual archaeology. The contributions in this volume integrate positive elements of both evolutionary and processualist schools of thought. The approach, as explicated by the contributors in this work, offers novel insights into topics that include the emergence, stasis, collapse and extinction of cultural patterns, and development of social inequalities. Consequently, these contributions form a stepping off point for a significant new range of cultural evolutionary studies.

Anna Marie Prentiss and Ian Kuijt and James C. ChattersMichael RosenbergMarcy RockmanOwen K. MasonAnna Marie PrentissCharles S. SpencerMelinda A. ZederJames C. ChattersAnna Marie Prentiss and Michael LenertIan Kuijt and Anna Marie PrentissRobert L. BettingerNiles Eldredge

Introduction	p. 1
Part I Issues in Macroevolutionary Theory
1 Proximate Causation, Group Selection, and the Evolution of Hierarchical Human Societies: System, Process, and Pattern	p. 23
2 Landscape Learning in Relation to Evolutionary Theory	p. 51
3 "The Multiplication of Forms:" Bering Strait Harpoon Heads as a Demic and Macroevolutionary Proxy	p. 73
Part II Macroevolutionary Approaches to Cultural Change
4 The Emergence of New Socioeconomic Strategies in the Middle and Late Holocene Pacific Northwest Region of North America	p. 111
5 Testing the Morphogenesist Model of Primary State Formation: The Zapotec Case	p. 133
6 Evolutionary Biology and the Emergence of Agriculture: The Value of Co-opted Models of Evolution in the Study of Culture Change	p. 157
Part III Cultural Diversification, Stasis and Extinction as Macroevolutionary Processes
7 A Macroevolutionary Perspective on the Archaeological Record of North America	p. 213
8 Cultural Stasis and Change in Northern North America: A Macroevolutionary Perspective	p. 235
9 Niche Construction, Macroevolution, and the Late Epipaleolithic of the Near East	p. 253
Part IV Macroevolutionary Theory in Archaeology
10 Macroevolutionary Theory and Archaeology: Is There a Big Picture?	p. 275
11 Material Cultural Macroevolution	p. 297
Index	p. 317

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