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Applying Evolutionary Archaeology
O'Brien, Michael J.; Lyman, R. Lee
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Description for Applying Evolutionary Archaeology
Paperback. Offers a treatment of Darwinian evolutionism and its applicability to the investigation of the archaeological record. This book explains the unique position that this kind of evolutionism holds in science and how it bears on any attempt to explain change over time in the organic world. Num Pages: 490 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Anthropology, and by extension archaeology, has had a long-standing interest in evolution in one or several of its various guises. Pick up any lengthy treatise on humankind written in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the chances are good that the word evolution will appear somewhere in the text. If for some reason the word itself is absent, the odds are excellent that at least the concept of change over time will have a central role in the discussion. After one of the preeminent (and often vilified) social scientists of the nineteenth century, Herbert Spencer, popularized the term ... Read more
Anthropology, and by extension archaeology, has had a long-standing interest in evolution in one or several of its various guises. Pick up any lengthy treatise on humankind written in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the chances are good that the word evolution will appear somewhere in the text. If for some reason the word itself is absent, the odds are excellent that at least the concept of change over time will have a central role in the discussion. After one of the preeminent (and often vilified) social scientists of the nineteenth century, Herbert Spencer, popularized the term ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
Number of Pages
471
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306462542
SKU
V9780306462542
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Reviews for Applying Evolutionary Archaeology
`This book will repay reading and patient study by any archaeologist or student who hopes that his or her efforts will add to the store of human knowledge but may not be sure how to make that happen.' Journal of Anthropological Research, 57 (2001)