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Particularism and the retreat from theory in the archaeology of agricultural origins

Gremillion, Kristen J. ; Barton, Loukas ; Piperno, Dolores R.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2014-04, Vol.111 (17), p.6171-6177 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: National Academy of Sciences

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  • Título:
    Particularism and the retreat from theory in the archaeology of agricultural origins
  • Autor: Gremillion, Kristen J. ; Barton, Loukas ; Piperno, Dolores R.
  • Assuntos: Agriculture ; Agriculture - history ; Agroecology ; Animals ; Archaeological paradigms ; Archaeology ; Archaeology - history ; Behavior ; Biological Evolution ; Culture ; Evolution ; Evolution & development ; Evolutionary theories ; Flowers & plants ; Food crops ; Foraging ; History, Ancient ; Human behavior ; Humans ; Modeling ; Models, Theoretical ; Social Sciences ; THE MODERN VIEW OF DOMESTICATION: SPECIAL FEATURE
  • É parte de: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2014-04, Vol.111 (17), p.6171-6177
  • Notas: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1308938110
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    Edited by James O'Connell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, and approved October 28, 2013 (received for review June 26, 2013)
    Author contributions: K.J.G., L.B., and D.R.P. wrote the paper.
  • Descrição: The introduction of new analytic methods and expansion of research into previously untapped regions have greatly increased the scale and resolution of data relevant to the origins of agriculture (OA). As a result, the recognition of varied historical pathways to agriculture and the continuum of management strategies have complicated the search for general explanations for the transition to food production. In this environment, higher-level theoretical frameworks are sometimes rejected on the grounds that they force conclusions that are incompatible with real-world variability. Some of those who take this position argue instead that OA should be explained in terms of local and historically contingent factors. This retreat from theory in favor of particularism is based on the faulty beliefs that complex phenomena such as agricultural origins demand equally complex explanations and that explanation is possible in the absence of theoretically based assumptions. The same scholars who are suspicious of generalization are reluctant to embrace evolutionary approaches to human behavior on the grounds that they are ahistorical, overly simplistic, and dismissive of agency and intent. We argue that these criticisms are misplaced and explain why a coherent theory of human behavior that acknowledges its evolutionary history is essential to advancing understanding of OA. Continued progress depends on the integration of human behavior and culture into the emerging synthesis of evolutionary developmental biology that informs contemporary research into plant and animal domestication.
  • Editor: United States: National Academy of Sciences
  • Idioma: Inglês
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