{"product_id":"defining-and-measuring-diversity-in-archaeology-another-step-toward-an-evolutionary-synthesis-of-culture-9781800734296","title":"Defining and Measuring Diversity in Archaeology:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tCalculating the diversity of biological or cultural classes is a fundamental way of describing, analyzing, and understanding the world around us. Understanding archaeological diversity is key to understanding human culture in the past. Archaeologists have long experienced a tenuous relationship with statistics; however, the regular integration of diversity measures and concepts into archaeological practice is becoming increasingly important. This volume includes chapters that cover a wide range of archaeological applications of diversity measures. Featuring studies of archaeological diversity ranging from the data-driven to the theoretical, from the Paleolithic to the Historic periods, authors illustrate the range of data sets to which diversity measures can be applied, as well as offer new methods to examine archaeological diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“I think it is an important volume for archaeologists to mine the work of all of these incredible researchers for a greater understanding of what diversity can tell us about within our assemblages and regions, and the chapters provide approaches for a diversity of archaeological materials that has something for almost any archaeologist no matter what their specialty or focus.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Christopher Wolff\u003c\/strong\u003e, University at Albany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eForeword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichael J. O’Brien and David Hurst Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e On the Challenges of Measuring Diversity in Archaeology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Briggs Buchanan and Metin I. Eren\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dispersion and Diversity: Parfleche Variation on the Great Plains vs. the Columbia Plateau\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Stephen J. Lycett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Diversity of North America’s “Old Copper” Projectile Points\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Michelle R. Bebber and Anne Chao\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Diversity in Hunter-Gatherer Architecture\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Brian Andrews, Danielle Macdonald, and Brooke Morgan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Potential of Coverage-Based Rarefaction in Zooarchaeology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e J. Tyler Faith and Andrew Du\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Diversity and Lithic Microwear: Quantification, Classification, and Standardization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e W. James Stemp and Danielle A. Macdonald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Intensification Mechanisms Driving Dietary Change among the Great Plains Big Game Hunters of North America\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Erik Otárola-Castillo, Melissa G. Torquato, and Matthew E. Hill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix 6.1:\u003c\/strong\u003e Summary Information for Archaeological Sites Used in This Study\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Challenges and Prospects of Richness and Diversity Measures in Paleoethnobotany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Alan Farahani and R. J. Sinensky\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix 7.1:\u003c\/strong\u003e Abundance of Reproductive Plant Parts Recovered from the Las Capas Site, Southeastern Arizona, 1220–730 BCE 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Quantifying Evenness of Paleoindian Projectile Point Forms within Geographic Regions of Eastern North America\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Matthew T. Boulanger, Ryan P. Breslawski, and Ian A. Jorgeson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Thinking about Diversity in Material Culture at Multiple Scales\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Steven L. Kuhn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Measuring and Comparing Class Diversity in Archaeological Assemblages: A Brief Guide to the History and State-of-the-Art in Diversity Statistics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Robert K. Colwell and Anne Chao\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Diversity Metrics are Convenient, but Their Archaeological Meanings Are Still Obscure\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e R. Lee Lyman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042744762711,"sku":"9781800734296","price":97.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/defining-and-measuring-diversity-in-archaeology-another-step-toward-an-evolutionary-synthesis-of-culture-9781800734296","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}