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@article{Diachenko:2023:10.1007/s10816-023-09623-8,
author = {Diachenko, A and Rivers, RJ and Sobkowiak-Tabaka, I},
doi = {10.1007/s10816-023-09623-8},
journal = {Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory},
pages = {1168--1199},
title = {Convergent evolution of prehistoric technologies: the entropy and diversity of limited solutions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10816-023-09623-8},
volume = {30},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Linking the likelihood of convergent evolution to the technologies’ complexity, this paper identifies the scales of technological diffusion and convergence, i.e., the evolving of structures that are similar, but not related to a common “ancestor.” Our study provides quantitative measures for understanding complexity and connectivity in technologies. The utility of our approach is exemplified through the case study of Cucuteni-Tripolye pottery kilns in Chalcolithic Southeastern Europe. The analysis shows that technological evolution has to be scaled to the “technologically important” (in quantitative terms) component parts, whose introduction shapes a ground for extinction and self-evolvement caused by the cascade effects along technological design structure. Similar technological solutions to the technological design structure engender the spread of similar devices in various locations. Surprisingly, such a broad distribution may be the result of relatively low internal diversity, rather than arising from higher efficiency. This gives some reasons for the underestimation of convergence as a mechanism for evolution of technology in current prehistoric archaeology.
AU  - Diachenko,A
AU  - Rivers,RJ
AU  - Sobkowiak-Tabaka,I
DO  - 10.1007/s10816-023-09623-8
EP  - 1199
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 1072-5369
SP  - 1168
TI  - Convergent evolution of prehistoric technologies: the entropy and diversity of limited solutions
T2  - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10816-023-09623-8
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/108302
VL  - 30
ER  -
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