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An Interaction Model for Resource Implement Complexity Based on Risk and Number of Annual Moves

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Different hypotheses identifying factors affecting the complexity of implements used to obtain food resources by hunter-gatherer groups are assessed with regression analysis. A regression model based on interaction between growing season as a proxy measure for risk and number of yearly moves fits data on the complexity of implements for 20 hunter-gatherer groups. The interaction model leads to a division of hunter-gatherer groups into two subgroups that correspond to collector vs. forager strategies for procuring resources. Implications of the interaction model for the evolution of complex implements are discussed.

Source: American Antiquity

DOI: 10.1017/s0002731600047326

Author: Dwight Read

Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles, University of California System

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2095660280

FWCI: 13.01

Cites: 94

Cited by: 76

Related to: 10