Style and function : conceptual issues in evolutionary archaeology
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Style and function : conceptual issues in evolutionary archaeology
Bergin & Garvey, 2001
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Robert C. Dunnell
Preface
Style and Function: An Introduction by Michael J. O'Brien and Robert D. Leonard
Differential Persistence of What? The Scale of Selection Issue in Evolutionary Archaeology by Hector Neff
Directionality, Function, and Adaption in the Archaeological Record by Timothy D. Maxwell
Explaining the Co-occurence of Traits in the Archaeological Record: A Further Consideration of Replicative Success by Teresa D. Hurt, Todd L. VanPool, Gordon F. M. Rakita, and Robert D. Leonard
Culture Historical and Biological Approaches to Identifying Homologous Traits by R. Lee Lyman
Neutrality, "Style," and Drift: Building Methods for Studying Cultural Transmission in the Archaeological Record by Carl Lipo and Mark Madsen
Style, Function, and Variation: Identifying the Evolutionary Importance of Traits in the Archaeological Record by Todd L. VanPool
A Million Years of Style and Function: Regional and Temporal Variation in Acheulean Hand Axes by David Vaughan
Implications of New Studies of Hawaiian Fishhook Variability of Our Understanding of Polynesian Settlement History by Michael T. Pfeffer
Style, Function, and Systematic Empiricism: The Conflation of Process and Pattern by Ethan E. Cochrane
Index
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