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Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology
Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I INTRODUCTION -- 1 Issues in Archaeological Studies of Convergence -- Convergence in Archaeology: Getting Past a Stalemate -- Across Atlantic Ice? -- Conclusion -- References -- II RECOGNIZING CONVERGENCE AND CONSTRAINTS -- 2 Li...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Online-Ressource Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge
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, 2018
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| Schriftenreihe: | Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Ser
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| Online Zugang: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=5355855 |
| Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als:
Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology |
| E-Book-Pakete: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I INTRODUCTION -- 1 Issues in Archaeological Studies of Convergence -- Convergence in Archaeology: Getting Past a Stalemate -- Across Atlantic Ice? -- Conclusion -- References -- II RECOGNIZING CONVERGENCE AND CONSTRAINTS -- 2 Limits on the Possible Forms of Stone Tools: A Perspective from Convergent Biological Evolution -- The Phenomenon of Convergent Biological Evolution -- Convergence in Stone-Tool Evolution? -- Limits in Biological Evolution: Theoretical Possibilities -- Analyzing Limits in Biological Evolution -- Discussion: Analyzing Limits and Optimization in Stone-Tool Evolution -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 The Transparency of Imitation versus Emulation in the Middle Paleolithic -- Example: The Châtelperronian -- Implications for Convergent and Other Evolution -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Why Convergence Should Be a Potential Hypothesis for the Emergence and Occurrence of Stone-Tool Form and Production Processes: An Illustration Using Replication -- Methods and Materials -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Technical Constraints on the Convergent Evolution of Technologies -- Morphocentric Models of Technological Evolution -- Novel Forms, Intermediate Forms, and Impossible Forms -- Theoretical Technospace -- Convergence in Technospace and Beyond -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6 Being a Carnivorous Hominin in the Lower Paleolithic: A Biological Perspective on Convergence and Stasis -- The Challenges of Being an Upright, Bipedal, Carnivorous Ape -- Endurance Running, Scavenging, and Persistence Hunting -- Throwing -- Chewing -- Implications -- Acknowledgments -- References -- III EVIDENCE AND OTHER ISSUES. 7 Reduction Constraints and Shape Convergence along Tool Ontogenetic Trajectories: An Example from Late Holocene Projectile Points of Southern Patagonia -- Shape and Evolution -- Reduction as a Constraint -- Geometric-Morphometric Methods -- Case Study: Southern Patagonia Projectile Points -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Convergence and Continuity in the Initial Upper Paleolithic of Eurasia -- Why Convergence? (And Why Not?) -- What, When, and Where Is the Initial Upper Paleolithic? -- How Do We Solve the "IUP Problem"? -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 The Point Is the Point: Emulative Social Learning and Weapon Manufacture in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa -- Background -- Case Study: Learning Mechanisms at Kathu Pan 1 -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 10 Small, Sharp, and Standardized: Global Convergence in Backed-Microlith Technology -- Deconstructing the "Microlithic Package" -- Advantages of Microlithic Technology: Concepts and Experimental Tests -- The Case for Convergence in Microlithic Industries in Five Regions -- Conclusion -- References -- IV PATTERNS IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD -- 11 The Convergent Evolution of Serrated Points on the Southern Plains-Woodland Border of Central North America -- Background -- Materials -- Methods I: Cladistic Analysis -- Methods II: Geometric Morphometric Analyses -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 12 Clovis and Toyah: Convergent Blade Technologies on the Southern Plains Periphery of North America -- Background -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13 The "Levallois-like" Technological System of the Western Stemmed Tradition: A Case of Convergent Evolution in Early North American Prehistory?. The Levallois-like Technological Pattern at Cooper's Ferry, Idaho -- Origins of the Levallois-like Technological Pattern -- Conclusion -- References -- 14 Assessing the Likelihood of Convergence among North American Projectile-Point Types -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Contributors -- Index. Scholars from a variety of disciplines consider cases of convergence in lithic technology, when functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (306 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780262346160 |
