2000, ISBN: 9780897898799

Kartoniert, 280 Seiten, 234mm x 156mm x 15mm, Sprache(n): eng The last decades of the 20th century witnessed strongly growing interest in evolutionary approaches to the human past. Even n… Meer...

Kartoniert, 280 Seiten, 234mm x 156mm x 15mm, Sprache(n): eng The last decades of the 20th century witnessed strongly growing interest in evolutionary approaches to the human past. Even now, however, there is little real agreement on what evolutionary archaeology is all about. A major obstacle is the lack of consensus on how to define the basic principles of Darwinian thought in ways that are genuinely relevant to the archaeological sciences. Each chapter in this new collection of specially invited essays focuses on a single major concept and its associated key words, summarizes its historic and current uses, and then reviews case studies illustrating that concept's present and probable future role in research. What these authors say shows the richness and current diversity of thought among those today who insist that Darwinism has a key role to play in archaeology.Each chapter includes definitions of related key words. Because the same key words may have the same or different meanings in different conceptual contexts, many of these key words are addressed in more than one chapter. In addition to exploring key concepts, collectively the book's chapters show the broad range of ideas and opinions in this intellectual arena today. This volume reflects-and clarifies-debate today on the role of Darwinism in modern archaeology, and by doing so, may help shape the directions that future work in archaeology will take.JOHN P. HART is Director of Research & Collections, New York State Museum, Albany. JOHN EDWARD TERRELL is Director of the New Guinea Research Program and Curator of Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago. Versandkostenfreie Lieferung<

ISBN: 9780897898799

The last decades of the 20th century witnessed strongly growing interest in evolutionary approaches to the human past. Even now, however, there is little real agreement on what evolutiona… Meer...

The last decades of the 20th century witnessed strongly growing interest in evolutionary approaches to the human past. Even now, however, there is little real agreement on what evolutionary archaeology is all about. A major obstacle is the lack of consensus on how to define the basic principles of Darwinian thought in ways that are genuinely relevant to the archaeological sciences. Each chapter in this new collection of specially invited essays focuses on a single major concept and its associated key words, summarizes its historic and current uses, and then reviews case studies illustrating that concept's present and probable future role in research. What these authors say shows the richness and current diversity of thought among those today who insist that Darwinism has a key role to play in archaeology. Each chapter includes definitions of related key words. Because the same key words may have the same or different meanings in different conceptual contexts, many of these key words are addressed in more than one chapter. In addition to exploring key concepts, collectively the book's chapters show the broad range of ideas and opinions in this intellectual arena today. This volume reflects-and clarifies-debate today on the role of Darwinism in modern archaeology, and by doing so, may help shape the directions that future work in archaeology will take. | Darwin and Archaeology Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > General History P10103, ABC-Clio, LLC<

2002, ISBN: 0897898796

[EAN: 9780897898799], Neubuch, [PU: Bergin & Garvey], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -During the past two decades there has been a resurgence of interest in evolutionary approaches … Meer...

[EAN: 9780897898799], Neubuch, [PU: Bergin & Garvey], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -During the past two decades there has been a resurgence of interest in evolutionary approaches to the archaeological record, but these approaches are obscured by the different ways in which varying schools of thought define and use words and concepts derived from Darwinian theory. This volume is designed to clarify major concepts and their key words with the goal of integrating different schools' approaches toward evolutionary archaeology. 280 pp. Englisch, Books<

2000, ISBN: 0897898796

Kartoniert / Broschiert, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Bergin & Garvey]

2002, ISBN: 9780897898799

A Handbook of Key Concepts, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Praeger Publishers Inc], Praeger Publishers Inc, 2002