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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Dwight Read
Dwight Read*
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Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (dread@anthro.ucla.edu)
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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.

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Résumé

Diversas hipótesis que identifican los factores que afectan la complejidad de los instrumentos usados para obtener recursos alimenticios por los grupos cazadores y recolectores se evalúan con un análisis de regresión. Un modelo de regresión basado en la interacción entre la estación de crecimiento como medida de pocuración para el riesgo y el número de movimientos annuales ajusta datos sobre la complejidad y la diversidad de los instrumentos de veinte grupos de cazadores y recolectores. El modelo de la interacción conduce a una división de los grupos del cazadores y recolectores en dos subgrupos que corresponden al recolector contra las estrategias del forrajero para la procuración de recursos. Se discuten las implicaciones del modelo de interacción para la evolución de instrumentos complejos.

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American Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 599 - 625
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 2008

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