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Borrowed Concepts: A Comment on Rhoades

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Douglas M. Davy
Douglas M. Davy*
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Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
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Abstract

Rhoades’ critique of the ecotone and edge effect concepts is discussed. While his conclusions about archaeological misuse of these terms are insightful, the assessment of their status in ecology and wildlife management is challenged. These constructs can be put to better use if substantive limits of their definitions are clear. More importantly, archaeologists should decide which aspects of environmental variability are meaningful to human adaptation before using them.

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American Antiquity , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 346 - 349
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1980

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