Defining and measuring diversity in archaeology: another step toward an evolutionary synthesis of culture

Calculating the diversity of biological or cultural classes is a fundamental way of describing, analyzing, and understanding the world around us. Understanding archaeological diversity is key to understanding human culture in the past. Archaeologists have long experienced a tenuous relationship with...

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Other Authors: Eren, Metin I. 1982- (Editor), Buchanan, Briggs (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn [2022]
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Summary:Calculating the diversity of biological or cultural classes is a fundamental way of describing, analyzing, and understanding the world around us. Understanding archaeological diversity is key to understanding human culture in the past. Archaeologists have long experienced a tenuous relationship with statistics; however, the regular integration of diversity measures and concepts into archaeological practice is becoming increasingly important. This volume includes chapters that cover a wide range of archaeological applications of diversity measures. Featuring studies of archaeological diversity ranging from the data-driven to the theoretical, from the Paleolithic to the Historic periods, authors illustrate the range of data sets to which diversity measures can be applied, as well as offer new methods to examine archaeological diversity
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 324 Seiten) Diagramme
ISBN:9781800734302
DOI:10.1515/9781800734302

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