Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology : : A Critical Synthesis / / ed. by Stephen J. Lycett, Roy Ellen, Sarah E. Johns.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Broesch, James,; Collard, Mark,; Cowie, Alice,; Ellen, Roy,; Fischer, Michael D.,; Humle, Tatyana,; Laland, Kevin,; Lycett, Stephen J.,; Mesoudi, Alex,; Morgan, Tom,; Newton-Fisher, Nicholas E.,; O’Neill, Sean,; Platten, Simon,; Puri, Rajindra K.,; Reyes-García, Victoria,; Shennan, Stephen,; Tehrani, Jamshid J.,; West, Harry G.,; Zent, Stanford,
• HerausgeberIn: Ellen, Roy,; Johns, Sarah E.,; Lycett, Stephen J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology ; 26
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; Preface --; Introduction: On the Concept of Cultural Transmission --; Chapter 1 What Animals other than Primates can tell us about Human Cultural Transmission --; Chapter 2 Culture in Non-human Primates: Definitions and Evidence --; Chapter 3 Cultural Transmission Theory and Fossil Hominin Behaviour: A Discuss ion of Epistemological --; Chapter 4 Studying Cultural Transmission with in an Interdisciplinary Cultural Evolutionary Framework --; Chapter 5 Do Transmission Isolating Mechanisms (TRIMS) Influence Cultural Evolution ? Evidence from Patterns of Textile Diversity --; Chapter 6 Co-evolution between Bentwood Box Traditions and Languages on the Pacific Northwest Coast --; Chapter 7 The Transmission of Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Skills among Tsimane’ in the Bolivian Amazon --; Chapter 8 Processual Perspectives on Traditional Environmental Knowledge: Continuity, Erosion, Transformation, Innovation --; Chapter 9 Transmitting Penan Basketry Knowledge and Practice --; Chapter 10 Plant Exchange and Social Performance: Implications for Knowledge Transfer in British Allotments --; Chapter 11 Thinking Like a Cheese: Towards an Ecological Understanding of the Reproduction of Knowledge in Contemporary Artisan Cheese Making --; Chapter 12 Lineages of Cultural Transmission --; Notes on Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780857459947; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9780857459947
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Stephen J. Lycett, Roy Ellen, Sarah E. Johns.

The concept of "cultural transmission" is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations. Yet, what is understood by the phrase and how it might best be studied is highly contested. This book brings together contributions that reflect the current diversity of approaches - from the fields of biology, primatology, palaeoanthropology, psychology, social anthropology, ethnobiology, and archaeology - to examine social and cultural transmission from a range of perspectives and at different scales of generalization. The comprehensive introduction explores some of the problems and connections. Overall, the book provides a timely synthesis of current accounts of cultural transmission in relation to cognitive process, practical action, and local socio-ecological context, while linking these with explanations of longer-term evolutionary trajectories.