The Nature of Culture: Based on an Interdisciplinary Symposium ¿The Nature of Culture¿, Tübingen, Germany (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9401774242 ISBN 13: 9789401774246

Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

THIS VOLUME INTRODUCES A MODEL OF THE EXPANSION OF CULTURAL CAPACITY AS A SYSTEMIC APPROACH WITH BIOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND INDIVIDUAL DIMENSIONS.&NBSP;IT IS CONTRASTED WITH EXISTING APPROACHES FROM PRIMATOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS LIKE DIFFERENCES IN LIFE HISTORY AND DEMOGRAPHY ARE DISCUSSED; AND THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL CAPACITY IN HUMAN EVOLUTION ARE TRACED IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD.&NBSP;&NBSP; <DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>THE VOLUME PROVIDES A SYNTHETIC VIEW ON A) THE DIFFERENT FACTORS AND MECHANISMS OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND B) EXPANSIONS OF CULTURAL CAPACITIES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION BEYOND THE CAPACITIES OBSERVED IN ANIMAL CULTURE SO FAR. IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC BECAUSE ONLY A VOLUME OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES CAN YIELD THE NECESSARY BREADTH TO DISCUSS THE COMPLEX SUBJECT. THE MODEL INTRODUCED AND DISCUSSED ORIGINATES IN THE NATURALIST CONTEXT AND TRIES TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION TO SOME CULTURALIST ASPECTS, THUS THE PUBLICATION IN A SERIES WITH ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL EMPHASIS IS APT. AS A NEW DEVELOPMENT THE SYNTHETIC MODEL OF EXPANSION OF CULTURAL CAPACITY IS INTRODUCED AND DISCUSSED IN A BROAD PERSPECTIVE. ?</DIV>

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Críticas

“This book is the result of an interdisciplinary symposium held in 2011 to explore the role that culture played in early human expansions. The editors of this volume present a mix of both primatological and archaeological discussion on cultural origins to answer the question of when and why hominins became dependent on technology. The primatological papers are very much fixated on common chimpanzees, but authors throughout the book recognize how widespread the evidence for culture is among mammals and birds. The archaeological papers range from the earliest Paleolithic to the Early Upper Paleolithic. The volume contains many beautiful and informative photos and other illustrations, and the book is also available in electronic format.” (Susan Cachel, Rutgers University)

Reseña del editor

This volume introduces a model of the expansion of cultural capacity as a systemic approach with biological, historical and individual dimensions. It is contrasted with existing approaches from primatology and behavioural ecology; influential factors like differences in life history and demography are discussed; and the different stages of the development of cultural capacity in human evolution are traced in the archaeological record.  
The volume provides a synthetic view on a) the different factors and mechanisms of cultural development, and b) expansions of cultural capacities in human evolution beyond the capacities observed in animal culture so far. It is an important topic because only a volume of contributions from different disciplines can yield the necessary breadth to discuss the complex subject. The model introduced and discussed originates in the naturalist context and tries to open the discussion to some culturalist aspects, thus the publication in a series with archaeological and biological emphasis is apt. As a new development the synthetic model of expansion of cultural capacity is introduced and discussed in a broad perspective.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 9401774242
• ISBN 13: 9789401774246
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 164
• Herausgeber: Haidle Miriam N., Bolus Michael, Conard Nicholas J.