Technology as Human Social Tradition: 15 Trait-Based Datasets of Hunter-Gatherer Material Culture (Northwest Siberia, Pacific Northwest Coast, Northern California). Data Paper

• Main Authors: Peter Jordan, Anna Marie Prentiss
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of York 2021-03-01
• Series: Internet Archaeology
• Subjects: hunter-gatherer; material culture; diversity; change; technology; archaeology; anthropology; storage platforms; shrines; skis; houses; canoes; basketry-matting; basketry; ceremonial dress; siberia; pacific northwest; canada; california
• Online Access: https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue56/3/index.html
• ISSN: 1363-5387

How are particular material culture traditions passed from one generation to the next? This digital archive supports "Technology as Human Social Tradition: Cultural Transmission among Hunter-Gatherers" (Jordan 2015) published by University of California Press. The archive consists of 15 Excel files which were used to conduct in-depth analysis of the factors driving diversity and change in material culture traditions. Each file contains a high-resolution survey of the design features of one material tradition practised by groups living in a geographic region. Three regions are investigated: Northwest Siberia (storage platforms, shrines, skis); Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada (houses, canoes, basketry-matting); Northern California (basketry, houses, ceremonial dress).