Human Biogeography in the Solomon Islands
Author : John Terrell
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Argentina
ISBN :
Author : John Terrell
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Argentina
ISBN :
Author : Alexander Harcourt
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 32,96 MB
Release : 2012-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520272110
“Human Biogeography, is an outstanding publication that serves as an unrivaled synthesis and nexus of two disciplines – human diversity and biogeography.” --Mark Lomolino, co-author of Biogeography “This is the first book to explain and illustrate what human biogeography is all about. Moreover, Human Biogeography gives us a highly persuasive demonstration that anyone looking for answers about our diversity as a species and our impact on the planet must take biogeography into account. An outstanding work of scholarship supported by an immense depth and breadth of knowledge. ” --John Edward Terrell, Regenstein Curator of Pacific Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History
Author : W. John Tennent
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,48 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Butterflies
ISBN :
Author : Bruno David
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 41,8 MB
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1315427729
Over 80 archaeologists from four continents create a benchmark volume of the ideas and practices of landscape archaeology, covering the theoretical and the practical, the research and conservation, and encasing the term in a global framework.
Author : International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 1978-08-24
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780422762502
First published in 1978. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Geoffrey Richard Clark
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1921313900
"Many of the papers in this volume present new and innovative research into the processes of maritime colonisation, processes that affect archaeological contexts from islands to continents. Others shift focus from process to the archaeology of maritime places from the Bering to the Torres Straits, providing highly detailed discussions of how living by and with the sea is woven into all elements of human life from subsistence to trade and to ritual. Of equal importance are more abstract discussions of islands as natural places refashioned by human occupation, either through the introduction of new organisms or new systems of production and consumption. These transformation stories gain further texture (and variety) through close examinations of some of the more significant consequences of colonisation and migration, particularly the creation of new cultural identities. A final set of papers explores the ways in which the techniques of archaelogical sciences have provided insights into the fauna of the islands and the human history of such places."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Jonathan B. Losos
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 15,27 MB
Release : 2009-10-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 140083192X
Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson's The Theory of Island Biogeography, first published by Princeton in 1967, is one of the most influential books on ecology and evolution to appear in the past half century. By developing a general mathematical theory to explain a crucial ecological problem--the regulation of species diversity in island populations--the book transformed the science of biogeography and ecology as a whole. In The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited, some of today's most prominent biologists assess the continuing impact of MacArthur and Wilson's book four decades after its publication. Following an opening chapter in which Wilson reflects on island biogeography in the 1960s, fifteen chapters evaluate and demonstrate how the field has extended and confirmed--as well as challenged and modified--MacArthur and Wilson's original ideas. Providing a broad picture of the fundamental ways in which the science of island biogeography has been shaped by MacArthur and Wilson's landmark work, The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited also points the way toward exciting future research.
Author : Charles J Lumsden
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 46,17 MB
Release : 2005-08-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 981448069X
Long considered one of the most provocative and demanding major works on human sociobiology, Genes, Mind, and Culture introduces the concept of gene-culture coevolution. It has been out of print for several years, and in this volume Lumsden and Wilson provide a much needed facsimile edition of their original work, together with a major review of progress in the discipline during the ensuing quarter century. They argue compellingly that human nature is neither arbitrary nor predetermined, and identify mechanisms that energize the upward translation from genes to culture. The authors also assess the properties of genetic evolution of mind within emergent cultural patterns. Lumsden and Wilson explore the rich and sophisticated data of developmental psychology and cognitive science in a fashion that, for the first time, aligns these disciplines with human sociobiology. The authors also draw on population genetics, cultural anthropology, and mathematical physics to set human sociobiology on a predictive base, and so trace the main steps that lead from the genes through human consciousness to culture.
Author : Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0199697094
Outgrowth of a session organized for the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology held in St. Louis, Mo., in 2010. Cf. acknowledgments.
Author : P. Nick Kardulias
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 19,63 MB
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1607323435
In The Ecology of Pastoralism, diverse contributions from archaeologists and ethnographers address pastoralism’s significant impact on humanity’s basic subsistence and survival, focusing on the network of social, political, and religious institutions existing within various societies dependent on animal husbandry. Pastoral peoples, both past and present, have organized their relationships with certain animals to maximize their ability to survive and adapt to a wide range of conditions over time. Contributors show that despite differences in landscape, environment, and administrative and political structures, these societies share a major characteristic—high flexibility. Based partially on the adaptability of various domestic animals to difficult environments and partially on the ability of people to establish networks allowing them to accommodate political, social, and economic needs, this flexibility is key to the survival of complex pastoral systems and serves as the connection among the varied cultures in the volume. In The Ecology of Pastoralism, a variety of case studies from a broad geographic sampling uses archaeological and contemporary data and offers a new perspective on the study of pastoralism, making this volume a valuable contribution to current research in the area.