Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory : Volume 3
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Elsevier Science
2014
EISBN 9781483214801
Front Cover; Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Cult Archaeology and Unscientific Method and Theory; CULT ARCHAEOLOGY; INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF CULT ARCHAEOLOGY; THE NEED TO DEAL WITH CULT ARCHAEOLOGY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Evolutionary Theory and Archaeology; EVOLUTION; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; MODERN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION AND ARCHAEOLOGY; SOME CONCLUSIONS; THE FUTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY IN ARCHAEOLOGY; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
Chapter 3. The Archaeological Study of Adaptation: Theoretical and Methodological IssuesINTRODUCTION; ADAPTATION, EVOLUTION, AND ECOLOGY; CULTURAL ADAPTATION; COMPONENTS OF ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION; PROSPECTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. The Use of General Ecological Principles in Archaeology; HOW GENERAL PRINCIPLES ARE USED: AN EXAMPLE; SOME LOGICAL PROBLEMS; THE ECOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Explanatory/Predictive Models of Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation; BACKGROUND; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES
Chapter 7. Toward a General Mode! of Agricultural SystemsINTRODUCTION; ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO AGRICULTURE; TOWARD A GENERAL MODEL OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Vicissitudes and Overkill: The Development of Explanation of Pleistocene Extinctions; INTRODUCTION; REALIZATION OF THE PROBLEM; MAJOR NINETEENTH-CENTURY EXPLANATIONS OF PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS; MODERN EXPLANATIONS OF PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Obsidian Hydration Dating: A Coming of Age; INTRODUCTION
GENERAL MODELS OF HUNTER-GATHERER ADAPTATIONMODELS OF SUBSISTENCE; MODELS OF SETTLEMENT LOCATION AND TERRITORIALITY; MODELS OF POPULATION; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. An Optimum Diet Model, Coastal Variability, and Hunter-Gatherer Behavior; INTRODUCTION; MODEL DEFINITIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS; AN ENERGY-BASED MODEL OF COASTAL SYSTEMS; RELATIVE PRODUCTIVITY RANKING OF TERRESTRIAL AND NONTERRESTRIAL ZONES; LEAST EFFORT-LEAST RISK DECISION MAKING AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPECTATIONS; ADDITIONAL COMMENTS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
OBSIDIAN DATING IN ARCHAEOLOGY: CURRENT APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE POTENTIALOBSIDIAN DATING: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UP TO THE PRESENT; OBSIDIAN DATING AS A CHRONOMETRIC TECHNIQUE: PROBLEMS THAT LIMIT ITS EFFECTIVENESS; THE EFFECT OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ON THE OBSIDIAN HYDRATION PROCESS: WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD AND WHAT IS TO BE DONE; CURRENT RESEARCH; SPUTTER-INDUCED OPTICAL EMISSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Index
Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 3 presents the progressive explorations in methods and theory in archeology. This book discusses the general cultural significance of cult archeology.Organized into nine chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the spectrum of professional reactions to cult archeology. This text then examines the applicability of evolutionary theory to archeology. Other chapters consider the fundamental principles of adaptation as applied to human behavior and review the state of application of adaptational approaches in archeology. This book discuss
Chapter 3. The Archaeological Study of Adaptation: Theoretical and Methodological IssuesINTRODUCTION; ADAPTATION, EVOLUTION, AND ECOLOGY; CULTURAL ADAPTATION; COMPONENTS OF ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION; PROSPECTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. The Use of General Ecological Principles in Archaeology; HOW GENERAL PRINCIPLES ARE USED: AN EXAMPLE; SOME LOGICAL PROBLEMS; THE ECOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Explanatory/Predictive Models of Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation; BACKGROUND; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES
Chapter 7. Toward a General Mode! of Agricultural SystemsINTRODUCTION; ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO AGRICULTURE; TOWARD A GENERAL MODEL OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Vicissitudes and Overkill: The Development of Explanation of Pleistocene Extinctions; INTRODUCTION; REALIZATION OF THE PROBLEM; MAJOR NINETEENTH-CENTURY EXPLANATIONS OF PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS; MODERN EXPLANATIONS OF PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Obsidian Hydration Dating: A Coming of Age; INTRODUCTION
GENERAL MODELS OF HUNTER-GATHERER ADAPTATIONMODELS OF SUBSISTENCE; MODELS OF SETTLEMENT LOCATION AND TERRITORIALITY; MODELS OF POPULATION; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. An Optimum Diet Model, Coastal Variability, and Hunter-Gatherer Behavior; INTRODUCTION; MODEL DEFINITIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS; AN ENERGY-BASED MODEL OF COASTAL SYSTEMS; RELATIVE PRODUCTIVITY RANKING OF TERRESTRIAL AND NONTERRESTRIAL ZONES; LEAST EFFORT-LEAST RISK DECISION MAKING AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPECTATIONS; ADDITIONAL COMMENTS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
OBSIDIAN DATING IN ARCHAEOLOGY: CURRENT APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE POTENTIALOBSIDIAN DATING: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UP TO THE PRESENT; OBSIDIAN DATING AS A CHRONOMETRIC TECHNIQUE: PROBLEMS THAT LIMIT ITS EFFECTIVENESS; THE EFFECT OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ON THE OBSIDIAN HYDRATION PROCESS: WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD AND WHAT IS TO BE DONE; CURRENT RESEARCH; SPUTTER-INDUCED OPTICAL EMISSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Index
Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 3 presents the progressive explorations in methods and theory in archeology. This book discusses the general cultural significance of cult archeology.Organized into nine chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the spectrum of professional reactions to cult archeology. This text then examines the applicability of evolutionary theory to archeology. Other chapters consider the fundamental principles of adaptation as applied to human behavior and review the state of application of adaptational approaches in archeology. This book discuss
