Applying Evolutionary Archaeology: A Systematic Approach
O'Brien, Michael J.
Lyman, R. Lee
Applying Evolutionary Archaeology Is Intended To Serve As An Introduction To The Kind Of Systematics Needed To Understand The Archaeological Record In Darwinian Evolutionary Terms. Not Surprisingly Given Its Subject Matter, Evolutionary Archaeology Has Much In Common With Paleobiology And Uses Some Of The Methods And Techniques That Have Been Worked Out In The Latter Discipline To Create And Explain Lineages. In Turn, Archaeology Has Something To Offer Paleobiology, Not Only In Terms Of Method But Also In Terms Of Theory. Thus Applying Evolutionary Archaeology Should Appeal To Professionals, Practitioners, And Advanced Students In Both Disciplines.--jacket. Darwinian Theory And Archaeology -- The Long Searc For A Workable Evolutionism -- Sorting Through The Issues -- Two Kinds Of Science: Essentialism And Materialism -- One View Of Science -- Two Contrasting Views Of Reality -- The Materialist Paradox And The Study Of Species -- The Materialist Pardox In Archaeology -- On The Eve Of Culture History -- Culture History And Measuring Time With Artifacts -- Culture History And The Classification Of Artifact Aggregates -- At The End Of The 1950s -- The Place Of History In Modern Paleobiology And Archaeology -- History: The Heart Of The Matter -- Paleobiology As The Science Of Organic Evolution -- Processual Archaeology -- Darwinian Archaeology: A Retooled Culture History -- Archaeological Units And Their Construction -- Ideational And Empirical Units -- Groups And Classes -- Biological Species As Classes -- Archaeological Types As Units -- Fossil Species As Groups And Classes -- Beyond Unit Construction -- Building And Testing Historical Lineages -- Biological Lineages As Heritable Continuity -- Historical Continuity, Heritable Continuity, And The Study Of Artifacts -- Seriation -- Tempo And Mode In Evolution -- Graphing Fine-scale Biological Change -- Measuring The Tempo And Mode Of Change In Prehistory -- Classification And Clade Diversity -- Explaining Lineage Histories -- Putting The Pieces Together -- Replicators And Interactors Revisited -- Evolutionary Archaeology: An Epilogue -- Heredity And Taxonomy -- In Defense Of Systematics. Michael J. O'brien And R. Lee Lyman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 407-454) And Index.
Archaeology--Methodology, Archaeology--Philosophy, Evolution, Anthropology, Prehistoric, CC75.7 .O27 2000x, CC75.7 .O27 2000, 930.1
Name in long format: | Applying Evolutionary Archaeology: A Systematic Approach |
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ISBN-10: | 0306462540 |
ISBN-13: | 9780306462542 |
Book pages: | 490 |
Book language: | en |
Edition: | 2000 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Publisher: | Springer |
Dimensions: | Height: 9.17 Inches, Length: 6.1 Inches, Weight: 3.3510263824 Pounds, Width: 1.12 Inches |