Questions of Complexity and Scale in Explanations for Cultural Transitions in the Pleistocene: A Case Study from the Early Upper Paleolithic

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-211

  Kuhn, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Emergent properties; Scale; Transitions; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876891534     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-012-9146-3     Document Type: Article

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