id
	13396
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13396
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Isolation-by-distance, homophily, and “core” vs. “package” cultural evolution models in Neolithic Europe
Creator
	Shennan, Stephen J.
	Crema, Enrico R.
	Kerig, Tim
Date
	2015
Language
	eng
Abstract
	Recently there has been growing interest in characterising population structure in cultural data in the context of ongoing debates about the potential of cultural group selection as an evolutionary process. Here we use archaeological data for this purpose, which brings in a temporal as well as spatial dimension. We analyse two distinct material cultures (pottery and personal ornaments) from Neolithic Europe, in order to: a) determine whether archaeologically defined “cultures” exhibit marked discontinuities in space and time, supporting the existence of a population structure, or merely isolation-by-distance; and b) investigate the extent to which cultures can be conceived as structuring “cores” or as multiple and historically independent “packages”. Our results support the existence of a robust population structure comparable to previous studies on human culture, and show how the two material cultures exhibit profound differences in their spatial and temporal structuring, signalling different evolutionary trajectories.
Is Part Of
	Evolution and Human Behavior
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.09.006
Issn
	1090-5138
Issue
	2
Pages
	103-109
Uri
	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513814001251
Volume
	36
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/YLKXGREP/item-list

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