Cultural evolutionary theory conceptualises culture as an information-transmission system
whose dynamics take on evolutionary properties. Within this framework, however, innovation …

Research in developmental psychology suggests that children are poor tool innovators.
However, such research often overlooks the ways in which children's social and physical …

Social Archaeology and Material Worlds aims to forefront dynamic and cutting-edge social
approaches to archaeology. It brings together volumes about past people, social and …

This study investigates glass finds from the Iberian Peninsula as a proxy for identifying the
mechanisms underlying technological transformations and innovation in the wake of the …

Evolution, or descent with modification, involves three principles: variation is present in a
population, the variants are heritable, and there is a sorting mechanism (or mechanisms) …

Studies on prehistoric osseous barbed points have relied heavily on typology in linking
presumed types to broader techno-complexes, and for making chronological inferences. The …

ABSTRACT During the Middle and Late Woodland periods in the American Midwest some
small-scale societies transitioned from grit to limestone as the primary clay temper …

This paper explores the entanglement of the innovation discourse with discourses of power.
Innovation is a frequent topic of archaeological research, but its implications for how we …

The study of connectivity and interaction in the Mediterranean world is a rich and vibrant
topic. While most direct attestations of past interaction have been lost, we can use the …

Our enhanced capacity to innovate is a key feature that sets Homo sapiens apart as a
species. The Middle Stone Age archaeological record of Pleistocene Africa documents the …