Rediscovering Darwin: Evolutionary Theory and Archeological Explanation

Description

Editors: Barton, C. Michael and Clark, Geoffrey A.

Publisher: American Anthropological Association

Pub Date: 1997

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1 (LLL): Fair. Lower corner and first 52 pages bumped and folded. No marks, tears. Binding tight.  Copy 2 (JR): Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, folds.  Upper front cover corner has three folds–outer approx. 3″, middle is horizontal to inner and outer, inner is approx. 2″, extends to first 40 pages.  Lower front cover corner has an approx. 1″ bend, extends to first 65 pages.  Dropped twice?  Lower front cover corner at spine foot has an approx. 1/4″ crease.  Upper rear cover corner has an approx. 3″ bend, extends through almost the last hundred pages of text, diminishing.  Dropped three times?  Upper rear cover edge has an approx. 1/16″ chip.

Notes:  Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association No. 7.  “In spite of the fact that archaeology embodies the study of change, it is only with the last few years that neo-Darwinian theory has begun to have an impact on archaeological explanation.  This lack of acceptance of neo-Darwinian theory in archaeology is in part the result of a long history of archaeologists misunderstanding  the processes and expectations of evolutionary theory.  This volume attempts to illustrate the applicability of neo-Darwinian theory in archaeology by compiling studies that use this theoretical basis to resolve archaeological problems at varying degrees of temporal depth, at varying scales of social complexity, and employing varying methodologies.” (From the Abstract)