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Archaeology and cultural macroevolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2006

Michael J. O'Brien*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO65211cladistics.coas.missouri.edu

Abstract:

Given the numerous parallels between the archaeological and paleontological records, it is not surprising to find a considerable fit between macroevolutionary approaches and methods used in biology – for example, cladistics and clade-diversity measures – and some of those that have long been used in archaeology – for example, seriation. Key, however, is recognizing that this methodological congruence is illusory in terms of how evolution has traditionally been viewed in biology and archaeology.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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