It has becoming increasingly common for archaeologists to draw on evolutionary theory and
methods to analyze artifactual variation over time and space. The term “evolution” and its …

Now in an updated third edition, Archaeology: The Basics provides a straightforward and
engaging introduction to the world of Archaeology. This book answers key questions about …

Mixed race studies is one of the fastest growing, as well as one of the most important and
controversial areas in the field of race and ethnic relations. Bringing together pioneering and …

This paper addresses the question of the diffusion of morpho-functional traits across social
boundaries. A present-day situation is examined. It describes the widespread adoption of a …

Studying the emergence of teaching in our lineage entails identifying learning strategies
among human and non-human groups, understanding the situations in which they occur …

The quest for the 'when'and 'where'of the world's earliest metallurgy has been dominating
scholarly research on this topic for decades. This paper looks beyond the question of origins …

My overall approach in this book is similar to that of Serafina Cuomo in her recent study of
technology and culture in the Greco-Roman world (Cuomo 2007); thus, my initial …

When we find an archaeological network, how can we explore the necessary versus
contingent processes at play in the formation of that archaeological network? Given a set of …

Demographic change is increasingly cited as an explanation for many of the patterns seen
in the Palaeolithic archaeological record, following the assumption of a relationship between …

This article discusses the relation between knowing, learning and teaching in relation to
early Palaeolithic technologies. We begin by distinguishing between three kinds of …