Cultural Phylogenetics

1. The Applications and Challenges of Cultural Phylogenetics in Archaeology: An Introduction
Larissa Mendoza Straffon

Part I. Concepts and Theories

2. Development and Degeneration: Classification and Evolution of Human Populations and Languages in the History of Anthropology
Frank Kressing, Matthis Krischel

3. Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Phylogenetics
Daniel García Rivero

4. The Importance of a “Quantitative Genetic” Approach to the Evolution of Artifact Morphological Traits
Stephen J. Lycett

Part II. Case Studies and Applications

5. Resisting Innovation? Learning, Cultural Evolution and the Potter’s Wheel in the Mediterranean Bronze Age
Carl Knappett

6. Mosaic Evolution in Cultural Frameworks: Skateboard Decks and Projectile Points
Anna Marie Prentiss, Matthew J. Walsh, Randall R. Skelton, Matt Mattes

7. Mind the Network: Rock Art, Cultural Transmission, and Mutual Information
Inés Caridi, Vivian Scheinsohn

8. A Cladistics Analysis Exploring Regional Patterning of the Anthropomorphic Figurines from the Gravettian
Allison Tripp

Keywords: Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics, Anthropology, Philosophy of Biology, Archaeology