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The Concept of Waste in an Evolutionary Archaeology
Author(s)Dunnel, Robert C.
AbstractThe article demonstrates the power of evolutionary theory in archaeology by using the concept of waste to explain cultural elaboration. The author reviews the history of the idea and relates the waste concept to competing ideas appearing under the heading of evolutionary theory.
IssueNo3
Pages243-293
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceJournal of Anthropological Archaeology
VolumeNo18
PubDateSeptember 1999
ISBN_ISSN0278-4165
Browse Path(s)Anthropology
—-Biological/Physical Anthropology
——–Human Evolution/Anthropogenesis Evolutionary Theory


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