Darwin´s Legacy : the Status of Evolutionary Archaeology in Argentina.

Cover -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Hernán Muscio,1 Marcelo Cardillo2 -- PREFACE -- Hernán Muscio,1 Marcelo Cardillo2 -- References -- Introduction: Evolutionary Archaeology a comprehensive framework -- CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS: -- CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS: -- Is it conceptually coherent to apply natural selection to cultural evolution? -- Is it conceptually coherent to apply natural selection to cultural evolution? -- Santiago Ginnobili -- Fig. 1: Theory-net for the theory of natural selection -- Santiago Ginnobili -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Introduction -- Lamarkian cultural evolution -- The Darwinian Theory of Natural Selection -- Nature of the variation -- Darwinian cultural adaptions -- Conclusion -- References -- A SYNTHESIS FOR ARCHAEOLOGY -- A SYNTHESIS FOR ARCHAEOLOGY -- Daniel García Rivero -- Figure 1: Graphical representations of the paradigmatic (a) and taxonomic classifications (b). Figure elaborated after (Dunnell 1971, Figures 4 and 6, respectively). -- Figure 2: The decoration of megalithic uprights and of the Iberian 'plaque idols' are very similar -almost identical- to the motifs figuring on spatial and territorial markers and on other plaque-shaped artefacts in Northamerican indigenous societies. The -- Figure 3: Examples of technical and methodological ambiguities in Phenetics. This illustrates the dilemma caused by the classification of the species number 3, since it finds itself right in the centre of the distance that separates the sets A and B. Depe -- Figure 4: Classification of characters in Phylogenetics, after (O'Brien and Lyman 2003, Figure 3.1.). Cladistics, in particular, only considers the apomorphic characters, specifically those known as synapomorphies (defined in the text). -- Figure 5: (a) Types of taxonomical groups, after (Kitching et al. 1998, Figure 1.8).

and (b) types of characters considered in the construction of each of one, after (Kitching et al. 1998, Figure 1.10). Figure elaborated after (Kitching et al. 1998, Figur -- Table 1: (a) Differences between the three taxonomic schools with respect to the types of characters used and the types of groups created -- and (b) Explicit comparison between Cladistics and Evolutionary taxonomy. Figure elaborated after (Ridley 1996, Tabl -- Daniel García Rivero -- Abstract -- Resumen -- A brief historiographical introduction to taxonomy -- On the concept of species -- On characters and units in taxonomy -- On the types of classification -- On the philosophical schools of classification -- Phenetics -- Cladistics -- Evolutionary taxonomy -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Abstract -- Introduction: Environment and technology -- Resumen -- THEORY OF CLASSIFICATION AND TAXONOMICAL SCHOOLS: -- THEORY OF CLASSIFICATION AND TAXONOMICAL SCHOOLS: -- Environment, Space, History, and Technological Evolution. -- Environment, Space, History, and Technological Evolution. -- Marcelo Cardillo -- Figure 1. Location of samples pooled by latitude -- Figure 2. Two first spatial vectors obtained from spatial coordinates -- Figure 3 Three-stage methodological scheme. Gathering data, generating spatial end environmental correlation matrices, and phylogenetic distance -- Figure 4. A more parsimonious tree. Synapomorphies of the nodes are mapped with bootstrap support above 50%. 1 denticulate, 9 rabot, 13 side scraper, 3 retouched flakes, 6 anvil. -- Figure 5. Bootstrap tree. Branches with less than 50% have been collapsed -- Figure 6. Three first main coordinates selected for factorial analysis (87%).

Table 1. Relative contribution to each variable to first five dimensions of multifactorial analysis. EF spatial filters, PCO Principal Coordinates of distance matrix between nodes. PC Principal Components of environmental variables -- Table 2. Correlation between the three groups of variables. PhyVs phylogenetic variables summarized in the first three PCO axes, AmbV Ambiental variables of the two first Principal Component Analysis -- derived from the node-to-node distance matrix -- Figure 7. Correlation circle between the variables and the first two MFA dimensions. EF spatial filters, PCO Principal Coordinates of distance matrix between nodes. PC Principal Components of environmental variables. -- Figure 8. Partial individuals related to the first two coordinates of the multifactorial analysis. The length of the lines indicates the influence of each group of variables in the location of the cases. -- Fig 9: Most common tools in sample a) typical denticulate. B) typical front-scraper, c) big side-scraper with retouched bulb area to enhance handheld manipulation, most common in higher latitudes of the studied area -- Table 3. Tool frequency and tool proportion by latitude -- Figure 9. First two dimensions PC analysis results with environmental variables. AntTemp  annual mean temperature, Max Tem Annual mean maximun temperature, Min Temp Annual mean minimum temperature, AnPec Annual mean annual pricipitation, GS growing seaso -- Table 4. Correlation between first two PC axis and environmental variables. AntTemp  annual meand temperature, Max Tem Annual mean maximun temperature, Min Temp Annual mean minimum temperature , AnPec Annual mean annual pricipitation, GS growing season, B -- Marcelo Cardillo -- Study area -- Materials and Methods -- Environmental data -- Spatial analysis -- Cladistic analysis -- Multiple Factorial Analyses.

Multivariate multiple regression and hypothesis testing -- Analysis -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Abstract -- Resumen -- The Case of the Patagonian Coast -- The Case of the Patagonian Coast -- Gustavo Barrientos1, 2 -- Introduction -- The meaning of homology in evolutionary biology and the different ways of identifying homologous characters -- The treatment of homology in evolutionary archaeology: A critical appraisal -- Towards an intergrative approach in the study of homologies in lithic artefacts: The rationale, the strategy, and the problems -- Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Abstract -- Resumen -- LITHIC ARTIFACTS -- ON THE PROBLEM OF IDENTIFYING HOMOLOGIES IN -- Diego Rivero1 and Matías Medina2 -- Figure 1. Map of Córdoba Province (Argentina) indicating site locations discussed in the text. -- Table 1. Parameters considered in the optimal diet breadth. -- Table 2. Optimal diet breadth according to Scenario 1. -- Table 3. Optimal diet breadth according to Scenario 2. -- Table 4. Optimal diet breadth according to Scenario 3. -- Table 5. Number of Identified Specimens per Taxon (NISP) for the upper mountain grassland range assemblages (Córdoba Province, Argentina). -- Figure 2. Number of Identified Specimens per Taxon (NISP) for the upper mountain grassland range assemblages (Córdoba Province, Argentina). -- Figure 3. Temporal trends in camelids abundance for the upper mountain grassland range assemblages (Córdoba Province, Argentina). -- Figure 4. Temporal trends in Artiodactyla abundance for the upper mountain grassland range assemblages (Córdoba Province, Argentina). -- (Córdoba Province, Argentina). -- Table 6. Results of the "camelids index" and the "artiodactyla index" for the upper mountain grassland range assemblages (Córdoba Province, Argentina).

Table 7. Chi-Square Test linear trends for the upper mountain grassland range assemblages -- Diego Rivero1 and Matías Medina2 -- Environment and Human Colonization of the Sierras of Cordoba -- Evolutionary Ecology, Niche Construction and Diet Breadth Model -- Sites, faunal record and methodology -- Results and Discussion -- CONCLUSIONS -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Abstract -- Resumen -- HUMAN HOLOCENE COLONIZATION, DIET BREADTH AND NICHE CONSTRUCTION IN SIERRAS OF CORDOBA (ARGENTINA) -- HUMAN HOLOCENE COLONIZATION, DIET BREADTH AND NICHE CONSTRUCTION IN SIERRAS OF CORDOBA (ARGENTINA) -- Juan Bautista Belardi1, Ramiro Barberena2, Rafael Goñi 3 and Anahi Re4 -- Figure 1. Archaeological case-studies from Patagonia -- Figure 2. Diachronic relationships between populations and archaeological landscapes for a hypothetical space. -- Figure 3. Archaeological sites in the Strobel Plateau. -- Figure 4. Rock-art motifs from the Strobel Plateau. -- Figure 5. Rock-art motifs from Huenul Cave, northern Neuquén (Schobinger 1985 -- Barberena et al. 2010). -- Juan Bautista Belardi1, Ramiro Barberena2, Rafael Goñi 3 and Anahi Re4 -- Evolution and biogeography -- Introduction -- Evolution, Archaeological Landscapes and Cultural Transmission -- Evolution and Temporal Trajectories -- Archaeological cases -- Strobel lake plateau -- Conclusions -- Northern Neuquén -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The Development of a Legacy: Evolution, Biogeography and Archaeological Landscapes -- The Development of a Legacy: Evolution, Biogeography and Archaeological Landscapes.

This book collects the contributions to the symposium "The current state of evolutionary archeology in Argentina" that was held in Buenos Aires, for celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species".

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