This study tests alternative hypotheses regarding the underlying conditions favoring
variation in degree of differentiation between cultures in an evolving lineage. To accomplish …

After nearly a century searching for evidence of Pleistocene Americans, in the last decade
new methods, data, and ideas have brought us closer to reaching a clearer understanding of …

We investigate how evolution proceeds across multiple scales considering culture as
species, hierarchically integrated systems, assemblages of many coherent units, and …

A number of scholars have proposed models of cultural evolution whereby entities defined
by socio-economic variables held at group levels evolve in a branching or cladogenetic …

Archaeologists study cultural change primarily on macroevolutionary scales given that it is
extremely difficult to monitor change on an interpersonal or even inter-generational basis …

Anthropologists have recognized that households may have diverse histories resulting in
patterns of unstable membership, a wide array of tactics for production of food and goods …

Hominins have relied upon lithic technology since approximately 3.3 million years ago.
Given its importance and durability, lithic technology provides the most extensive record of …

Technology does not attempt to summarize the papers found in the volume. This is done
succinctly and accurately by Tostevin and Shott in this volume's concluding section (Tostevin …

Abstract The Northern Northwest Coast of North America has consistently been an epicenter
of hunter-gatherer research, but attention has focused on the period after 5000 cal BP. Using …

Ceremonial 'bundles' are collections of ritual paraphernalia used by peoples across the
North American Plains for a variety of ceremonial practices including traditional medicine …