Linking pattern to process in cultural evolution: explaining material culture diversity among the Northern Khanty of Northwest Siberia
Book description: This volume offers an integrative approach to the application of evolutionary theory in studies of cultural transmission and social evolution and reveals the enormous range of ways in which Darwinian ideas can lead to productive empirical research, the touchstone of any worthwhile...
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ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:2410 2023-12-24T10:18:16+01:00 Linking pattern to process in cultural evolution: explaining material culture diversity among the Northern Khanty of Northwest Siberia Jordan, P. Shennan, S. 2009-03 application/pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2410/1/2410.pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2410/ eng eng University of California Press https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2410/1/2410.pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2410/ open In: Shennan, S., (ed.) Pattern and process in cultural evolution. (pp. 61-84). University of California Press: Berkeley, US. (2009) Book chapter 2009 ftucl 2023-11-27T13:07:36Z Book description: This volume offers an integrative approach to the application of evolutionary theory in studies of cultural transmission and social evolution and reveals the enormous range of ways in which Darwinian ideas can lead to productive empirical research, the touchstone of any worthwhile theoretical perspective. While many recent works on cultural evolution adopt a specific theoretical framework, such as dual inheritance theory or human behavioral ecology, Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution emphasizes empirical analysis and includes authors who employ a range of backgrounds and methods to address aspects of culture from an evolutionary perspective. Editor Stephen Shennan has assembled archaeologists, evolutionary theorists, and ethnographers, whose essays cover a broad range of time periods, localities, cultural groups, and artifacts. Book Part khanty Siberia University College London: UCL Discovery Shennan ENVELOPE(65.567,65.567,-70.233,-70.233) |
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Book description: This volume offers an integrative approach to the application of evolutionary theory in studies of cultural transmission and social evolution and reveals the enormous range of ways in which Darwinian ideas can lead to productive empirical research, the touchstone of any worthwhile theoretical perspective. While many recent works on cultural evolution adopt a specific theoretical framework, such as dual inheritance theory or human behavioral ecology, Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution emphasizes empirical analysis and includes authors who employ a range of backgrounds and methods to address aspects of culture from an evolutionary perspective. Editor Stephen Shennan has assembled archaeologists, evolutionary theorists, and ethnographers, whose essays cover a broad range of time periods, localities, cultural groups, and artifacts. |
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Linking pattern to process in cultural evolution: explaining material culture diversity among the Northern Khanty of Northwest Siberia |
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Linking pattern to process in cultural evolution: explaining material culture diversity among the Northern Khanty of Northwest Siberia |
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Linking pattern to process in cultural evolution: explaining material culture diversity among the Northern Khanty of Northwest Siberia |
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In: Shennan, S., (ed.) Pattern and process in cultural evolution. (pp. 61-84). University of California Press: Berkeley, US. (2009) |
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