Diversity in hunter-gatherer technological traditions: Mapping trajectories of cultural 'descent with modification' in northeast California

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 342-365

  Jordan, Peter ^a,b   Shennan, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

California; Cultural transmission; Ethnogenesis; Hunter gatherers; Material culture; Phylogenesis; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849127964     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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