The concept of "cultural transmission" is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations.
The concept of "cultural transmission" is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations.
Roy Ellen is Professor of Anthropology and Human Ecology at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His recent publications include On the Edge of the Banda Zone (University of Hawaii Press, 2003), The Categorical Impulse: Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behavior (Berghahn Books, 2006), and Nuaulu Religious Practices: The Frequency and Reproduction of Rituals in a Moluccan Society (KITLV Press, 2012). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a member of its Council. He was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute between 2007 and 2011.
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List of Figures List of Tables Preface List of Contributors Introduction Roy Ellen and Michael Fischer Chapter 1. What Animals Other Than Primates can tell us about Cultural Transmission Kevin Laland, Alice Cowie and Tom Morgan Chapter 2. Cultural Transmission in Non-human Primates: Definitions and Evidence Tatyana Humle and Nicholas Newton-Fisher Chapter 3. Cultural Transmission Theory and fossil Hominin Behaviour: A Discussion of Epistemological and Methodological Strengths Stephen Lycett Chapter 4. Studying Cultural Transmission Within an Interdisciplinary Cultural Evolutionary Framework Alex Mesoudi Chapter 5. Do Transmission Isolation Mechanisms (TRIMS) Influence Cultural Evolution? Evidence from Patterns of Textile Diversity Within and Between Iranian Cultural Jamshid Tehrani and Mark Collard Chapter 6. Co-evolution Between Bentwood Box Traditions and Languages on the Pacific Northwest Coast Sean O'Neill Chapter 7. The Transmission of Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Skills Among Tsimane' in the Bolivian Amazon Viki Reyes-Garcia and TAPS Bolivian Study Team Chapter 8. Processual Perspectives on Traditional Knowledge: Continuity, Erosion, Transformation, Innovation Stanford Zent Chapter 9. The Transmission of Basketry-making Knowledge in East Kalimantan Rajindra Puri Chapter 10. On the Transmission of Gardening Knowledge: Innovation and Consensus in the Planting of Allotment Vegetables Simon Platten Chapter 11. Thinking Like a Cheese?: An Exploration of the Ecology of Knowledge in Artisan Cheesemaking Harry West Chapter 12. Lineages of Cultural Transmission Stephen Shennan Index
List of Figures List of Tables Preface List of Contributors Introduction Roy Ellen and Michael Fischer Chapter 1. What Animals Other Than Primates can tell us about Cultural Transmission Kevin Laland, Alice Cowie and Tom Morgan Chapter 2. Cultural Transmission in Non-human Primates: Definitions and Evidence Tatyana Humle and Nicholas Newton-Fisher Chapter 3. Cultural Transmission Theory and fossil Hominin Behaviour: A Discussion of Epistemological and Methodological Strengths Stephen Lycett Chapter 4. Studying Cultural Transmission Within an Interdisciplinary Cultural Evolutionary Framework Alex Mesoudi Chapter 5. Do Transmission Isolation Mechanisms (TRIMS) Influence Cultural Evolution? Evidence from Patterns of Textile Diversity Within and Between Iranian Cultural Jamshid Tehrani and Mark Collard Chapter 6. Co-evolution Between Bentwood Box Traditions and Languages on the Pacific Northwest Coast Sean O'Neill Chapter 7. The Transmission of Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Skills Among Tsimane' in the Bolivian Amazon Viki Reyes-Garcia and TAPS Bolivian Study Team Chapter 8. Processual Perspectives on Traditional Knowledge: Continuity, Erosion, Transformation, Innovation Stanford Zent Chapter 9. The Transmission of Basketry-making Knowledge in East Kalimantan Rajindra Puri Chapter 10. On the Transmission of Gardening Knowledge: Innovation and Consensus in the Planting of Allotment Vegetables Simon Platten Chapter 11. Thinking Like a Cheese?: An Exploration of the Ecology of Knowledge in Artisan Cheesemaking Harry West Chapter 12. Lineages of Cultural Transmission Stephen Shennan Index
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