Robert Dunnell
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This article is about the American archaeologist. For Sir Robert Francis Dunnell, the British lawyer, railway executive and civil servant, see Francis Dunnell.
Robert C. Dunnell is a theoretical archaeologist.
He received his PhD from Yale University in 1967. He is now Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington.
Among Dunnell's concerns is the role biological evolutionary theory plays as a model for theories of cultural evolution [1]. While he feels that the biological model has often been incorrectly applied, he does advocate the use of a Darwinian model[2]. In Dunnell's method, the evolutionary model or analogy is used to explain historical events [3].
Dunnell's geographical interests include the U.S. Midwest.
[edit] Selected Bibiliography
- Style and Function: A Fundamental Dichotomy. American Antiquity 43:192-202, 1978.
- Evolutionary Theory and Archaeology. In Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory: Selections for Students, edited by Michael B. Schiffer, pp. 35-99. Academic Press: New York, NY, 1981.
- Science, Social Science, Common Sense. Journal of Anthropological Research 38:1–25, 1982.
[edit] References
- ^ Dunnell, Robert C. 1982 Science, Social Science, Common Sense. Journal of Anthropological Research 38:1–25,
- ^ Dunnell, Robert C. 1978 Style and Function: A Fundamental Dichotomy. American Antiquity 43:192-202.
- ^ Dunnell, Robert C. 1981 Evolutionary Theory and Archaeology. In Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory: Selections for Students, edited by Michael B. Schiffer, pp. 35-99. Academic Press: New York, NY.
[edit] External links
- Selected bibliography of Dunnell's theoretical publications: http://www.kli.ac.at/theorylab/AuthPage/D/DunnellRC.html
