Robert G Bednarik 1944 (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 605-634 pages with photographs, figures and cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. current Anthropology Volume 36 Number 4 complete issue. First edition. Elucidation of the evolutionary context of the earliest production of humanly made, intentional markings is hampered by insufficient resolution in the relevant archaeological ''record,'' failure to consider the effects of taphonomic selection on this ''record,'' archaeological biases against evidence purported to relate to early cognitive capacities, inadequate familiarity of some protagonists with the available relevant evidence, archaeological conservatism predicated on the durability of unfalsifiable propositions, and a tendency to interpret lack of a particular class of evidence as denoting the historical absence of the phenomenon it is thought to represent. Contending with these and other formidable biases, I review the Lower Paleolithic evidence that seems to permit glimpses of the cognitive and technological capacities of early hominids. I reject the general concept of abrupt transitions between the major phases of the Paleolithic, arguing that such models can be accounted for by plateaus derived from taphonomy, methodology, dating techniques, and the archaeological penchant for creating cultural taxonomies. A more gradual evolution of cognitive faculties is favored, beginning with the Lower Paleolithic, for which concept-mediated marking is suggested. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped and creased else very good.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 64pp., b/w and colour illustrations, maps, figures. Includes an inserted 4p. "Dampier Fact Sheet" written by R.G. Bednarik. Lightly browned edges else clean and bright internally. Covers have some mild creasing to top front corner. Slightly bumped corners. Extensive spotting to the back cover. Uncommon.(BH) 3/2025. …