Time-Averaging Slows Down Rates of Change in the Archaeological Record
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DOI: 10.1007/s10816-018-9364-4
Abstract: Measuring the pace of cultural change, and understanding its determinants is a fundamental goal of anthropological research. The archaeological record is the main source of information about the pace of cultural change, but it is… read more here.
Keywords: archaeological record; rates change; time; change archaeological ... See more keywords
Experiments on the effects of charring on hazelnuts and their representation in the archaeological record
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.004
Abstract: Abstract Hazel ( Corylus avellana L.) nutshell is one of the most frequent wild food remains recovered from sites of prehistoric date in temperate Europe and hazelnuts are often suggested to have been a staple… read more here.
Keywords: charring hazelnuts; effects charring; hazel; archaeological record ... See more keywords
The non-invention of the ceramic arrowhead in world archaeology
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102283
Abstract: Abstract Why, despite over 30,000 years of ceramic technology and tool diversity documented in the archaeological record – including examples of knapped ceramic scraping tools – was the ceramic arrowhead never invented? Here, we first review… read more here.
Keywords: invention ceramic; archaeological record; archaeology; ceramic arrowhead ... See more keywords
Memory and Nation Building: From ancient times to the Islamic State, by Michael L. Galaty, 2018. Lanham (MD): Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN: 978-075912260-4 hardback £49.95; 224 pp., 3 tables, 27 b/w illus.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0959774319000696
Abstract: something indicated by the changing use of the Porta Stabia shops at Pompeii. In particular, he charts the rise of the specialized food and drink outlet at Pompeii, marked out in the archaeological record by… read more here.
Keywords: drink outlets; food drink; archaeological record; chapter ... See more keywords
Reconstructing social networks of Late Glacial and Holocene hunter–gatherers to understand cultural evolution
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0318
Abstract: Culture is increasingly being framed as a driver of human phenotypes and behaviour. Yet very little is known about variations in the patterns of past social interactions between humans in cultural evolution. The archaeological record,… read more here.
Keywords: reconstructing social; cultural evolution; evolution; networks late ... See more keywords