Lithic Technological Systems and Evolutionary Theory (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107026469)

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 byproduct 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.

Author: Nathan Goodale
ISBN-10: 1107026466
ISBN-13: 9781107026469
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2015
Pages: 318
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.90d