The Emergence of Culture The Evolution of a Uniquely Human Way of Li
Paleolithic archaeologists and human paleontologists have failed to address the origins of a phenomenon that is both absolutely central to the human way of life and unique to our species. In all species of mammals, there are codes (rules, concepts, values
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Philip G. Chase
The Emergence of Culture The Evolution of a Uniquely Human Way of Life
Philip G. Chase University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA E-mail: [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005936367 ISBN-10: 0-387-30512-2 ISBN-13: 978-0387-30512-7
e-ISBN 0-387-30674-9
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To Marilyn
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book is the product of more than three decades of cogitation, some of it conscious and directed thinking but much of it a subconscious fermentation of ideas. It would be impossible to determine who, or even how many people, contributed to this process though writings, conversations, or oral presentations. The list of references includes many of them, but one important source not reflected there is Ward Goodenough’s 1971 Addison-Wesley module, Culture, Language, and Society. In my struggle to bring some sort of coherence to half-formed ideas, and in an attempt to connect them to work already done by others, I found myself researching fields with which I was either unfamiliar or at best half-familiar. Many of these excursions were directly useful. Others focussed my thinking by proving irrelevant. This rather Darwinian process was fruitful but also slow. I thank Jerry Sabloff for giving me the time to make it work. A number of people read all or parts of the manuscript, providing me with helpful comments and suggestions. April Nowell, in particular, waded through the entire manuscript, as did Iain Davidson. An anonymous reviewer who did the same provided very valuable suggestions. Jane Kepp provided not only editorial help but suggestions that made the presentation of the material in chapters 1 and 2 much clearer. Janet Monge, Marilyn Norcini, Robert Seyfarth, and Tom Schoenemann all reviewed parts of the manuscript. These people saved me from some embarrassing errors and definitely improved the manuscript. However, especially since I did not always take their advice, they can in no way be held responsible for any of its weaknesses. Finally, it is largely due to Marilyn Norcini that I had the energy to bring the project to conclusion.
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