1. Cultural Transmission from an Archaeological PerspectiveMicke Nordin

2. Culture from an Archaeological Perspective Traditional archaeology Traditional archaeology defines culture as a set of artefacts that occur together during a certain period in time. 3. Culture from an Archaeological Perspective Processual archaeology "Culture, man's extrasomatic means of adaptation to the environment" - Binford 1972:106 4. Culture from an Archaeological Perspective Darwinian archaeology "Culture is information capable of affecting individuals' phenotypes which they acquire from conspecifics by teaching or imitation" - Boyd & Richerson 1985:33 5. Culture from an Archaeological Perspective Memes "A meme is a postulated unit or element of cultural ideas, symbols or practices, and is transmitted from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena."- Wikipedia "Meme" 2009-10-29 6. Culture from an Archaeological Perspective Why is Cultural Transmission important? 7. Culture from an Archaeological Perspective Why is Cultural Transmission important? 8. Culture from an Archaeological Perspective Why is Cultural Transmission important? 9. Modes of transmission 10. Modes of transmission

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11. Modes of transmission

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12. Biased Transmission 13. Modes of transmission

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14. Biased Transmission 15. conformist-biased transmission 16. Modes of transmission

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17. Biased Transmission 18. conformist-biased transmission 19. prestige-biased transmission 20. Modes of transmission 21. Copyright in Prehistory 22. Copyright in Prehistory Chane dopratoire 23. Copyright in Prehistory 24. Copyright in Prehistory 25. Copyright in Prehistory Main Site 26. Copyright in Prehistory Copyright Island 27. Does Culture Want to be Copied? 28. Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sequenz_diagramm-7.pngBy Gubaer CC-BY-SA 2.5 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oldowan_tradition_chopper.jpgBy Jos-Manuel Benito lvarezCC-BY-SA 2.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ariane_Sherine_and_Richard_Dawkins_at_the_Atheist_Bus_Campaign_launch.jpgBy Zoe Margolis CC-BY-SA 1.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katrineholm_Municipality_in_S%C3%B6dermanland_County.pngBy Nordelch PD http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acheuleanhandaxe.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pale_teacher.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfl_arrowheads_from_flint_20060717161306.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sistema_ambiental_%28Clarke%29.png.png http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_ape.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Copyright.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Advanced_Automation_for_Space_Missions_figure_5-29.gif http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sten%C3%A5ldersf%C3%B6rem%C3%A5l_2,_Nordisk_familjebok.jpg