Behavioral ecology and the future of archaeological science
Behavioral ecology and the future of archaeological science
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.027
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Bird, Douglas W.
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作者：
Codding, Brian F.;Bird, Douglas W.
考古学的未来同样依赖于（如果不是更多的话）理论和方法的发展。与生物学中的任何事情一样，解释过去的人类行为需要应用进化理论。就像考古学中的任何东西一样，如果没有与物质记录的明确联系，理论就毫无用处。人类行为生态学（HBE）已经成为考古学的核心理论框架之一，它提供了一个广泛的概念工具包，将自然选择的原则与行为变异及其物质后果的操作假设联系起来。在这里，我们回顾了一般的方法和大纲的情况下，应用HBE模型可以有助于在考古学的关键研究问题。这些例子说明了HBE的基础应用是如何建立在解释从农业起源到制度化不平等的出现等复杂而多样的现象。在每一个案例中，我们都概述了这种研究策略可以将考古学推向未来的途径。(C)2015爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
The future of archaeological science relies as much (if not more) on theoretical as on methodological developments. As with anything in biology, explaining past human behavior will require the application of evolutionary theory. As with anything in archaeology, theory is useless without clear ties to a material record. Human behavioral ecology (HBE) has become one of the central theoretical frameworks in archaeological science by providing a broad conceptual toolkit for linking principles of natural selection to operational hypotheses about variability in behavior and its material consequences. Here we review the general approach and outline cases where applying HBE models can contribute to key research issues in archaeology. These examples illustrate how foundational applications of HBE are being built upon to explain complex and diverse phenomena ranging from the origins of agriculture to the emergence of institutionalized inequality. With each case, we outline avenues where this research strategy can advance archaeological science into the future. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.