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Willow Smoke and Dogs’ Tails: Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems and Archaeological Site Formation
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In this paper, a theory of adaptation is proposed to anticipate both differences in settlement-subsistence strategies and patterning in the archaeological record through a more detailed knowledge of the distribution of environmental variables.Abstract:
Hunter-gatherer subsistence-settlement strategies are discussed in terms of differing organizational components, "mapping-on" and "logistics," and the consequences of each for archaeological intersite variability are discussed. It is further suggested that the differing strategies are responsive to different security problems presented by the environments in which hunter-gatherers live. Therefore, given the beginnings of a theory of adaptation, it is possible to anticipate both differences in settlement-subsistence strategies and patterning in the archaeological record through a more detailed knowledge of the distribution of environmental variables.read more
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Organization and Formation Processes: Looking at Curated Technologies
TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw upon ethnographic experiences among the Nunamiut Eskimo for insights into the effects of technological organization on interassemblage variability Varying situationally conditioned strategies of raw material procurement, tool design and manufacture, and disposal are described as clues to site function or "placement" in a subsistence-settlement system.
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A History of Archaeological Thought
Stuart Piggott,Bruce G. Trigger +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the relevance of archaeological history is discussed, including the origins of scientific archaeology, the imperial synthesis, and the development of modern archaeology in the 20th century.
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Style and Social Information in Kalahari San Projectile Points
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between stylistic variation in Kalahari San projectile points and aspects of San social organization is discussed, and five issues relevant to archaeology are discussed in light of the San data: (1) stylistic behavior and the different aspects of style, (2) which items of material culture carry social information and why, (3) which attributes on San projectile point carries social information, (4) what the results of the analysis of stylistic variations in projectile points imply for current methods for stylistic analysis and interpretation, and (5) the correspondence
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The origin of modern human behavior.
TL;DR: It is argued here that the current set of test implications suffers from three main problems: many are empirically derived from and context‐specific to the richer European record, rendering them problematic for use in the primarily tropical and subtropical African continent.
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The archaeology of place
TL;DR: In this article, it is suggested that if archaeologists are to be successful in understanding the organization of past cultural systems they must understand the organizational relationships among places which were differentially used during the operation of past systems.
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Man the Hunter
Richard B. Lee,Irven DeVore +1 more
TL;DR: Man the Hunter as discussed by the authors is a collection of papers presented at a symposium on research done among the hunting and gathering peoples of the world, which is a necessary background to broader discussions with archaeologists, biologists, and students of human evolution.
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What hunters do for a living, or, how to make out on scarce resources
TL;DR: The anthropological view of hunter-gatherer subsistence rests on two questionable assumptions: the notion that these peoples are primarily dependent on the hunting of game animals, and the assumption that their way of life is generally a precarious and arduous struggle for existence.
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Dimensional analysis of behavior and site structure: learning from an Eskimo hunting stand
TL;DR: In this article, detailed behavioral observations permitted the dimensional analysis of formation processes operative on the Mask site, a Nunamiut Eskimo hunting stand, and a critical evaluation of his “conclusions” was conducted from the perspective of the Eskimo experience.