Style and Function: Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology - Couverture rigide

Hurt, Teresa D.; Rakita, Gordon

 
9780897897327: Style and Function: Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0897897323 ISBN 13 : 9780897897327
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2000

Synopsis

The topics of style and function within evolutionary archaeology have been the subject of great debate in the field of archaeology in general over the past two decades. Evolutionary archaeologists have a unique perspective on these concepts-one that has sometimes been misunderstood by archaeologists working within other theoretical perspectives.

The dichotomy between style and function was first formulated in the late 1970s by Robert Dunnell and remains axiomatic within the theoretical perspective of evolutionary archaeology. The original definitions of style and function were grounded in biological evolutionary concepts regarding neutral variation versus variation that is subject to natural selection. Several chapters expand upon these concepts, and explore how Darwinian evolutionary theory may be used to understand the archaeological record. Other chapters demonstrate this application through empirical case studies. Dunnell provides a foreword introducing and re-examining his original thesis.

This volume is the only text devoted to the topic of style and function within the literature of evolutionary archaeology. It provides not only theoretical discussions and augmentation, but also significant historical background regarding the development of the style/function distinction within archaeology. Moreover, it presents several case studies that provide examples of how evolutionary style and function may be applied to the prehistoric record.

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À propos de l?auteur

TERESA D. HURT is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of New Mexico, and a Project Director at Lone Mountain Archaeological Services, Inc., in Albuquerque, New Mexico./e

GORDON F.M. RAKITA is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of New Mexico./e

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0897897323
ISBN 13 
9780897897327
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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