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The archaeology of human ancestry : power, sex, and tradition / edited by James Steele and Stephen Shennan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) (Series)Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 446 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780203974131
  • 9781134814442
  • 9781134814480
  • 9781134814497
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 573.3 A669
LOC classification:
  • GN771 .A73 1996
Online resources:
Contents:
chapter Introduction -- part Part I Comparative Approaches to Hominid Socioecology -- chapter Editor's Note -- chapter 1 Finite Social Space and the Evolution of Human Social Behaviour / Robert Foley -- chapter 2 African Ape Social Networks -- chapter 3 Sexual Dimorphism in Fossil Hominids and its Socioecological Implications / Henry M.McHenry -- chapter 4 On the evolution of temperament and dominance style in hominid groups / James Steele -- part Part II Origins of the Archaeological Record -- chapter Editor's Note -- chapter 5 The Frameworks of Early Hominid Social Systems -- chapter 6 Archaeological Inference and the Explanation of Hominid Evolution / Mark Lake -- chapter 7 Social Learning and Cultural Tradition -- chapter 8 On Predicting Hominid Group Sizes / James Steele -- chapter 9 Making Tracks -- part Part III The Sexual Division of Labour in Modern Human Foraging Societies -- chapter Editor's Note -- chapter 10 Foraging Differences Between Men and Women -- chapter 11 Female Strategies and Collective Behaviour -- chapter 12 Darwinism and Collective Representations / Chris Knight -- chapter 13 Their Commonwealths are not as We Supposed -- part Part IV Cognition and Cultural Dynamics in Modern Human Societies -- chapter Editors' Note -- chapter 14 Social Inequality and the Transmission of Cultural Traditions in Forager Societiess -- chapter 15 On the Evolution of Language and Kinship / Robin Dunbar -- chapter 16 A Socio-Mental Bimodality -- chapter 17 Social Interaction and Viral Phenomena / Ben Cullen.
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chapter Introduction -- part Part I Comparative Approaches to Hominid Socioecology -- chapter Editor's Note -- chapter 1 Finite Social Space and the Evolution of Human Social Behaviour / Robert Foley -- chapter 2 African Ape Social Networks -- chapter 3 Sexual Dimorphism in Fossil Hominids and its Socioecological Implications / Henry M.McHenry -- chapter 4 On the evolution of temperament and dominance style in hominid groups / James Steele -- part Part II Origins of the Archaeological Record -- chapter Editor's Note -- chapter 5 The Frameworks of Early Hominid Social Systems -- chapter 6 Archaeological Inference and the Explanation of Hominid Evolution / Mark Lake -- chapter 7 Social Learning and Cultural Tradition -- chapter 8 On Predicting Hominid Group Sizes / James Steele -- chapter 9 Making Tracks -- part Part III The Sexual Division of Labour in Modern Human Foraging Societies -- chapter Editor's Note -- chapter 10 Foraging Differences Between Men and Women -- chapter 11 Female Strategies and Collective Behaviour -- chapter 12 Darwinism and Collective Representations / Chris Knight -- chapter 13 Their Commonwealths are not as We Supposed -- part Part IV Cognition and Cultural Dynamics in Modern Human Societies -- chapter Editors' Note -- chapter 14 Social Inequality and the Transmission of Cultural Traditions in Forager Societiess -- chapter 15 On the Evolution of Language and Kinship / Robin Dunbar -- chapter 16 A Socio-Mental Bimodality -- chapter 17 Social Interaction and Viral Phenomena / Ben Cullen.

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