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  | | Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution(1st Edition) (Origins of Human Behavior and Culture) por Stephen Shennan Hardcover, 352 Páginas, Publicado 2009 por University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-25599-9, ISBN: 0-520-25599-2 "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 behavi ..." |
 | | The First Farmers of Europe An Evolutionary Perspective (Cambridge World Archaeology) por Stephen Shennan Paperback, 266 Páginas, Publicado 2018 por Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-43521-5, ISBN: 1-108-43521-1 "Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from human genomes. In this book, Stephen Shennan presents the latest research on the spread of farming by archaeologists, geneticists and other archaeological scientists. He shows that it resulted from a population expansion from present-day Turkey. Using ideas fro ..." |
 | | Genes, Memes, and Human History(1st Edition) Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Evolution por Stephen Shennan Hardcover, 304 Páginas, Publicado 2002 por Thames And Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-05118-4, ISBN: 0-500-05118-6 "As biological information is passed through genes, so cultural information is passed through what Richard Dawkins has termed `memes'. In this theoretical but readable study, Shennan explores the potential for a neo-Darwinian evolutionary approach to some of the major concerns and issues within archaeology in recent times. Drawing on the work of Richard Dawkins as a stimulus, Shennan reviews the concept of memes as applied to animal beha ..." |
 | | Prehistoric Europe(Reprint) por Timothy Champion, Stephen Shennan, Clive Gamble, Alasdair Whittle, Alisdair Whittle Paperback, 370 Páginas, Publicado 2009 por Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-59874-463-7, ISBN: 1-59874-463-1 "The study of European prehistory has been revolutionized in recent years by the rapid growth rate of archeological discovery, advances in dating methods and the application of scientific techniques to archaeological material and new archaeological aims and frameworks of interpretation. Whereas previous work concentrated on the recovery and description of material remains, the main focus is now on the reconstruction of prehistoric societ ..." |
 | | The Archaeology of Human Ancestry(1st Edition) Power, Sex and Tradition (Theoretical Archaeology Group (Tag)) por Stephen Shennan, James Steele Hardcover, 472 Páginas, Publicado 1995 por Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-11862-0, ISBN: 0-415-11862-X "Human social life is constrained and defined by our cognitive and emotional dispositions, which are the legacy of our foraging ancestors. But how difficult is it to reconstruct the social systems and cultural traditions of those ancestors? The Archaeology of Human Ancestry provides a stimulating and provocative answer, in which archaeologists and biological anthropologists set out and demonstrate their reconstructive methods. Contributo ..." |
 | | Quantifying Archaeology por Stephen Shennan Paperback, 300 Páginas, Publicado 1987 por Edinburgh Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-85224-473-9, ISBN: 0-85224-473-8 "This book introduces archaeologists to the most important quantitative methods, from the initial description of archaeological data to techniques of multivariate analysis. These are presented in the context of familiar problems in archaeological practice, an approach designed to illustrate their relevance and to overcome the fear of mathematics from which archaeologists often suffer." |
 | | Quantifying Archaeology(2nd Edition) por Stephen Shennan Paperback, 432 Páginas, Publicado 1989 por University Of Iowa Press Import ISBN-13: 978-0-87745-598-1, ISBN: 0-87745-598-8 "... American Anthropologist 94 (3), September 1992; figures 14.5-14.6, John Wiley and Sons Inc, from Sampling by S. K. Thompson, 1992 and the American Statistical Association, from Journal of the American Statistical Association, vol. 85, 1990; figure 3.9, Chapman and Hall Publishers, from M. Wand and M. Jones, 1995, Kernel Smoothing, figure 2.3; figures 14.7-14.10, University of Southampton and English Heritage, from Planning for ..." |
 | | The Archaeology of Human Ancestry(Reprint) Power, Sex and Tradition (Theoretical Archaeology Group (Tag)) por Stephen Shennan, James Steele Paperback, 472 Páginas, Publicado 2012 por Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-64294-1, ISBN: 0-415-64294-9 "Human social life is constrained and defined by our cognitive and emotional dispositions, which are the legacy of our foraging ancestors. But how difficult is it to reconstruct the social systems and cultural traditions of those ancestors? The Archaeology of Human Ancestry provides a stimulating and provocative answer, in which archaeologists and biological anthropologists set out and demonstrate their reconstructive methods. Contributo ..." |
 | | Population and Demography(1st Edition) World archaeology 30:2 (World Archaeology S) por Stephen Shennan Paperback, 191 Páginas, Publicado 1998 por Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-19809-7, ISBN: 0-415-19809-7 "This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory." |
 | | The Evolution of Cultural Diversity(1st Edition) A Phylogenetic Approach (UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications) por Ruth Mace, Stephen Shennan, Clare J. Holden, Professor Ruth Mace, Mace Holden Shennan Paperback, 302 Páginas, Publicado 2005 por Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-59874-216-9, ISBN: 1-59874-216-7 "Virtually all aspects of human behavior show enormous variation both within and between cultural groups, including material culture, social organization and language. Thousands of distinct cultural groups exist: about 6,000 languages are spoken today, and it is thought that a far greater number of languages existed in the past but became extinct. Using a Darwinian approach, this book seeks to explain this rich cultural variation. There ..." |
 | | The First Farmers of Europe An Evolutionary Perspective (Cambridge World Archaeology) por Stephen Shennan Hardcover, 268 Páginas, Publicado 2018 por Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-42292-5, ISBN: 1-108-42292-6 "Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from human genomes. In this book, Stephen Shennan presents the latest research on the spread of farming by archaeologists, geneticists and other archaeological scientists. He shows that it resulted from a population expansion from present-day Turkey. Using ideas fro ..." |
 | | Connecting Networks Characterising Contact by Measuring Lithic Exchange in the European Neolithic (Paperback) por Tim Kerig, Stephen Shennan Paperback, 177 Páginas, Publicado 2015 por Archaeopress Archaeology ISBN-13: 978-1-78491-141-6, ISBN: 1-78491-141-0 "This volume brings together a group of peer reviewed papers, most of them presented at a workshop held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. The event took place on 15-17 October 2011 and was part of the European Research Council (ERC) funded project Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe (EUROEVOL 2010-2015). The aim of the EUROEVOL project is to contribute to the new interdisciplinary field of cultural evolution ..." |
 | | Amber in Prehistoric Britain(1st Edition) (int-uk) por Curt W. Beck, Stephen Shennan, Steven Shennan Paperback, 238 Páginas, Publicado 1991 por Oxbow Books ISBN-13: 978-0-946897-30-8, ISBN: 0-946897-30-1 "Infrared absorption spectroscopy is able to pinpoint the source of British Prehistoric amber, here shown by analysis of all surviving finds to be predominantly Baltic. This leads on to a discussion of British amber in a European context, and of its particular significance as a social indicator, and as an item of trade or exchange. Complete with catalogue, analyses, drawings. 231p with figs. (Oxbow Monograph 8, 1991) Pb" |
 | | Beakers in Britain and Europe(1st Edition) Four studies: contributions to a symposium (BAR Supplementary Reports No. 26) por Roger Mercer, Lawrence Barfield, Humphrey Case, Richard Harrison, Stephen Shennan Paperback, 101 Páginas, Publicado 1977 por Bar Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-904531-83-1, ISBN: 0-904531-83-X "101pp, figs, card, A4 Contributions by L Barfield, H Case, R Harrison & S Shennan." |
 | | Mapping Our Ancestors(1st Edition) Phylogenic Methods in Anthropology and Prehistory por Stephen Shennan, Mark Collard, Michael J. O'brien, Niles Eldredge, Carl P. Lipo, Professor Niles Eldredge Hardcover, 371 Páginas, Publicado 2005 por Aldine Transaction ISBN-13: 978-0-202-30750-3, ISBN: 0-202-30750-6 "Much of what we are comes from our ancestors. Through cultural and biological inheritance mechanisms, our genetic composition, instructions for constructing artifacts, the structure and content of languages, and rules for behavior are passed from parents to children and from individual to individual. Mapping Our Ancestors demonstrates how various genealogical or "phylogenetic" methods can be used both to answer questions about human his ..." |
 | | A Future for Archaeology The Past in the Present por Stephen Shennan, Robert Layton, Peter G. Stone, Peter Layton Stone, Richard Stone, Peter J. Ucko Hardcover, 251 Páginas, Publicado 2006 por Ucl Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84472-126-9, ISBN: 1-84472-126-4 "The Growth of Things and the Fossilisation of Heritage Sian Jones Christine: [...] I think everything has feelings. Even a piece of stone that was carved all those years ago. I feel that it's, well they made it a living thing didn't they? Sian: Mm mm Christine: When they did that. Sian: Yes, when they created it? Christine: Yes. They made a living thing. So I feel, yes, I think when it goes back into the ground it will be home. Sia ..." |
 | | Population and Demography(1st Edition) World archaeology 30:2 por Stephen Shennan Hardcover, Publicado 2017 por Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-40525-7, ISBN: 1-138-40525-6 "First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company." |
 | | A Future for Archaeology (UNIV COL LONDON INST ARCH PUB) por Peter Stone, Robert H. Layton, Stephen Shennan, Left Coast Press Paperback, 269 Páginas, Publicado 2007 por Left Coast Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59874-337-1, ISBN: 1-59874-337-6 "Over the last thirty years issues of culture, identity and meaning have moved out of the academic sphere to become central to politics and society at all levels from the local to the global. Archaeology has been at the forefront of these moves towards a greater engagement with the non-academic world, often in an extremely practical and direct way, for example in the disputes about the repatriation of human burials. Such disputes have be ..." |
 | | Mapping Our Ancestors(1st Edition) Phylogenetic Methods in Anthropology and Prehistory por Stephen Shennan, Carl P. Lipo, Mark Collard, Michael J. O'brien, Niles Eldredge, Professor Niles Eldredge Paperback, 371 Páginas, Publicado 2005 por Aldine Transaction ISBN-13: 978-0-202-30751-0, ISBN: 0-202-30751-4 "Much of what we are comes from our ancestors. Through cultural and biological inheritance mechanisms, our genetic composition, instructions for constructing artifacts, the structure and content of languages, and rules for behavior are passed from parents to children and from individual to individual. Mapping Our Ancestors demonstrates how various genealogical or "phylogenetic" methods can be used both to answer questions about human his ..." |
 | | The Evolution of Cultural Diversity(1st Edition) A Phylogenetic Approach (UNIV COL LONDON INST ARCH PUB) por Ruth Mace, Stephen Shennan, Clare J. Holden, Professor Ruth Mace Hardcover, 302 Páginas, Publicado 2005 por Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-59874-213-8, ISBN: 1-59874-213-2 "Virtually all aspects of human behavior show enormous variation both within and between cultural groups, including material culture, social organization and language. Thousands of distinct cultural groups exist: about 6,000 languages are spoken today, and it is thought that a far greater number of languages existed in the past but became extinct. Using a Darwinian approach, this book seeks to explain this rich cultural variation. There ..." |
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