Stone tools in human evolution : behavioral differences among technological primates

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    • Shea, John J. (John Joseph)

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Stone tools in human evolution : behavioral differences among technological primates

John J. Shea

Cambridge University Press, 2017

  • : pbk
  • : hardcover

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-231) and index

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内容説明

In Stone Tools in Human Evolution, John J. Shea argues that over the last three million years hominins' technological strategies shifted from occasional tool use, much like that seen among living non-human primates, to a uniquely human pattern of obligatory tool use. Examining how the lithic archaeological record changed over the course of human evolution, he compares tool use by living humans and non-human primates and predicts how the archaeological stone tool evidence should have changed as distinctively human behaviors evolved. Those behaviors include using cutting tools, logistical mobility (carrying things), language and symbolic artifacts, geographic dispersal and diaspora, and residential sedentism (living in the same place for prolonged periods). Shea then tests those predictions by analyzing the archaeological lithic record from 6,500 years ago to 3.5 million years ago.

目次

  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of boxes
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Little questions vs big questions
  • 1. Why archaeologists misunderstand stone tools
  • 2. How we know what we think we know about stone tools
  • 3. Describing stone tools
  • 4. Stone cutting tools
  • 5. Logistical mobility
  • 6. Language and symbolic artifacts
  • 7. Dispersal and diaspora
  • 8. Residential sedentism
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Traditional age-stages and industries
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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