Primate archaeology

Michael Haslam (), Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar, Victoria Ling, Susana Carvalho, Ignacio de la Torre, April DeStefano, Andrew Du, Bruce Hardy, Jack Harris, Linda Marchant, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, William McGrew, Julio Mercader, Rafael Mora, Michael Petraglia, Hélène Roche, Elisabetta Visalberghi and Rebecca Warren
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Michael Haslam: Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge
Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar: Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge
Victoria Ling: Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge
Susana Carvalho: Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge
Ignacio de la Torre: Institute of Archaeology, University College London
April DeStefano: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
Andrew Du: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
Bruce Hardy: Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA
Jack Harris: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
Linda Marchant: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA
Tetsuro Matsuzawa: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan
William McGrew: Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge
Julio Mercader: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
Rafael Mora: Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
Michael Petraglia: Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge
Hélène Roche: Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, CNRS, Paris 92023, France
Elisabetta Visalberghi: Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione
Rebecca Warren: Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA

Nature, 2009, vol. 460, issue 7253, 339-344

Abstract: The new archaeology Archaeologists dig for evidence of past human activity, using artefacts such as tools, pottery and the detritus of day-to-day existence to build up a picture of life at the time. Non-human species feature rarely, appearing in the detritus if they were eaten, as domestic animals or for early archaeology, as dating evidence. This week's Review article summarizes the known overlaps between primatology and archaeology and goes on to make the case for a new field, primate archaeology. By examining the past and present material record of primates a number of important questions can be tackled from a new perspective. Primates use tools, create living sites and construct social groups. All these activities leave their mark in the archaeological record, and with it the evidence that puts the evolution of cognition and tool use in humans into context.

Date: 2009
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