On Evolutionary Ecology, Selectionist Archaeology, and Behavioral Archaeology
- 20 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 64 (1) , 153-165
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2694351
Abstract
To promote a dialogue between competing but potentially compatible approaches in American archaeology, Schiffer (1996) examined the relationships between two distinct research programs: "behavioral" archaeology and evolutionary archaeology. An approach grounded in evolutionary ecology was not included in that analysis. In this paper, we reply to Schiffer's call for dialogue by outlining the relationships, as we see them, between evolutionary ecology, selectionist archaeology, and behavioral archaeology. We conclude that evolutionary ecology holds the greatest promise as a scientific approach for the investigation of important problems in human behavioral evolution.Keywords
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