Darwin and Archaeology: A Handbook of Key Concepts - Couverture souple

 
9780897898799: Darwin and Archaeology: A Handbook of Key Concepts
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ISBN 10 : 0897898796 ISBN 13 : 9780897898799
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2002

Synopsis

The last decades of the 20th century witnessed strongly growing interest in evolutionary approaches to the human past. Even now, however, there is little real agreement on what evolutionary archaeology is all about. A major obstacle is the lack of consensus on how to define the basic principles of Darwinian thought in ways that are genuinely relevant to the archaeological sciences. Each chapter in this new collection of specially invited essays focuses on a single major concept and its associated key words, summarizes its historic and current uses, and then reviews case studies illustrating that concept's present and probable future role in research. What these authors say shows the richness and current diversity of thought among those today who insist that Darwinism has a key role to play in archaeology.

Each chapter includes definitions of related key words. Because the same key words may have the same or different meanings in different conceptual contexts, many of these key words are addressed in more than one chapter. In addition to exploring key concepts, collectively the book's chapters show the broad range of ideas and opinions in this intellectual arena today. This volume reflects—and clarifies—debate today on the role of Darwinism in modern archaeology, and by doing so, may help shape the directions that future work in archaeology will take.

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À propos de l?auteur

JOHN P. HART is Director of Research & Collections, New York State Museum, Albany.

JOHN EDWARD TERRELL is Director of the New Guinea Research Program and Curator of Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0897898796
ISBN 13 
9780897898799
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
Éditeur
Hart John P., Terrell John Edward
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10 :  0897898788 ISBN 13 :  9780897898782
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2002
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