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DOI	10.1002/evan.21358
	Sociopolitical Effects of Bow and Arrow Technology in Prehistoric Coastal California
	Kennett, Douglas J.; Lambert, Patricia M.; Johnson, John R.; Culleton, Brendan J.
来源期刊	EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN	1060-1538
EISSN	1520-6505
出版年	2013
卷号	22 期号:3 页码:124-132
英文摘要	Bow and arrow technology spread across California between approximate to AD 250 and 1200, first appearing in the intermountain deserts of the Great Basin and later spreading to the coast. We critically evaluate the available data for the initial spread in bow and arrow technology and examine its societal effects on the well-studied Northern Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. The introduction of this technology to these islands between AD 650 and 900 appears to predate the appearance of hereditary inequality between AD 900 and 1300. We conclude, based on the available data, that this technology did not immediately trigger intergroup warfare. We argue that the introduction of the bow and arrow contributed to sociopolitical instabilities that were on the rise within the context of increasing population levels and unstable climatic conditions, which stimulated intergroup conflict and favored the development of hereditary inequality. Population aggregation and economic intensification did occur with the introduction of the bow and arrow. This observation is consistent with the hypothesis that social coercion via intra-group law enforcement contributed to changes in societal scale that ultimately resulted in larger groups that were favored in inter-group conflict. We argue that the interplay between intra-group law enforcement and inter-group warfare were both essential for the ultimate emergence of social inequality between AD 900 and 1300.
英文关键词	social hierarchies technology climate change stone tools Channel Islands
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000320472800007
WOS关键词	SANTA-ROSA ISLAND ; SOCIAL COMPLEXITY
WOS类目	Anthropology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/361220
作者单位	[Lambert, Patricia M.] Utah State Univ, Coll Humanities & Social Sci, Logan, UT 84322 USA; [Johnson, John R.] Santa Barbara Museum Nat Hist, Santa Barbara, CA USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kennett, Douglas J.,Lambert, Patricia M.,Johnson, John R.,et al. Sociopolitical Effects of Bow and Arrow Technology in Prehistoric Coastal California[J],2013,22(3):124-132.
APA	Kennett, Douglas J.,Lambert, Patricia M.,Johnson, John R.,&Culleton, Brendan J..(2013).Sociopolitical Effects of Bow and Arrow Technology in Prehistoric Coastal California.EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY,22(3),124-132.
MLA	Kennett, Douglas J.,et al."Sociopolitical Effects of Bow and Arrow Technology in Prehistoric Coastal California".EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY 22.3(2013):124-132.