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Developments in Quaternary Science Ser.: Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity by Scott A. Elias (2012, Hardcover)
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Providing 'state of art’ discussions that step back from the usual archaeological publications that focus mainly on individual site discoveries, this book presents the full picture on how and why creativity in Middle to Late Pleistocene archeology/anthropology evolved.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherElsevier
ISBN-100444538216
ISBN-139780444538215
eBay Product ID (ePID)117285473
Product Key Features
Number of Pages140 Pages
Publication NameOrigins of Human Innovation and Creativity
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
SubjectArchaeology, Creative Ability, Earth Sciences / Geology, General, Anthropology / General, Paleontology
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Psychology
AuthorScott A. Elias
SeriesDevelopments in Quaternary Science Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume NumberVolume 16
IllustratedYes
Volume NumberVolume 16
Dewey Decimal569.9
Table Of ContentOrigins of human innovation and creativity: breaking old paradigms, Scott Elias The problem of stasis in stone tool technology during the Early Pleistocene, Clive Gamble North African origins of symbolically mediated behaviour and the Aterian, Francesco D'Errico & Nick Barton Personal ornaments and symbolism among the Neanderthals, Zoão Zilhão Invention, re-invention and innovation: the makings of Oldowan lithic technology, Erella Hovers Emergent patterns of creativity and innovation in early technologies, Steven L. Kuhn Evolutionary ecology of creativity, John Hoffecker Climate, creativity and competition: evaluating the Neanderthal 'glass ceiling', W illiam Davies
SynopsisInnovation and creativity are two of the key characteristics that distinguish cultural transmission from biological transmission. This book explores a number of questions concerning the nature and timing of the origins of human creativity. What were the driving factors in the development of new technologies? What caused the stasis in stone tool technological innovation in the Early Pleistocene? Were there specific regions and episodes of enhanced technological development, or did it occur at a steady pace where ancestral humans lived? The authors are archaeologists who address these questions, armed with data from ancient artefacts such as shell beads used as jewelry, primitive musical instruments, and sophisticated techniques required to fashion certain kinds of stone into tools. Providing 'state of art' discussions that step back from the usual archaeological publications that focus mainly on individual site discoveries, this book presents the full picture on how and why creativity in Middle to Late Pleistocene archeology/anthropology evolved., Innovation and creativity are two of the key characteristics that distinguish cultural transmission from biological transmission. This book explores a number of questions concerning the nature and timing of the origins of human creativity. What were the driving factors in the development of new technologies? What caused the stasis in stone tool technological innovation in the Early Pleistocene? Were there specific regions and episodes of enhanced technological development, or did it occur at a steady pace where ancestral humans lived? The authors are archaeologists who address these questions, armed with data from ancient artefacts such as shell beads used as jewelry, primitive musical instruments, and sophisticated techniques required to fashion certain kinds of stone into tools. Providing 'state of art' discussions that step back from the usual archaeological publications that focus mainly on individual site discoveries, this book presents the full picture on how and why creativity in Middle to Late Pleistocene archeology/anthropology evolved. Gives a full, original and multidisciplinary perspective on how and why creativity evolved in the Middle to Late Pleistocene Enhances our understanding of the big leaps forward in creativity at certain times Assesses the intellectual creativity of Homo erectus, H. neanderthalensis , and H. sapiens via their artefacts
LC Classification NumberGN282
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