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Chapter 2 - Is Determinism Dead?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2019

Alan K. Outram  and
Amy Bogaard
Alan K. Outram
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Amy Bogaard
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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Chapter 2 addresses the divisive issue of ‘environmental determinism’ and provides a critical consideration of models and approaches such as site catchment analysis, behavioural ecology, carrying capacity and niche construction theory. It considers when determinism is and is not valid and how to use models as an effective framework in both economic and cultural contexts.

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Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
New Directions in Economic Archaeology
 , pp. 23 - 49
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Is Determinism Dead?
  • Alan K. Outram, University of Exeter, Amy Bogaard, University of Oxford
  • Book: Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
  • Online publication: 03 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316415177.002
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  • Is Determinism Dead?
  • Alan K. Outram, University of Exeter, Amy Bogaard, University of Oxford
  • Book: Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
  • Online publication: 03 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316415177.002
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  • Is Determinism Dead?
  • Alan K. Outram, University of Exeter, Amy Bogaard, University of Oxford
  • Book: Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
  • Online publication: 03 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316415177.002
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