Evolution, space and adaptation in hunter-gatherers groups

Abstract

The use of space among hunter-gatherers and the relation with the general adaptation and evolution is discussed in this paper. Archaeologists often view the distribution in space of similar artifacts as pieces of human territories, without any kind of methodological frame that supports it. The ethnographic view in the explanation of the archaeological record is hiddenin the variability of human response to the different environment (natural, social, etc.).This paper shows that the idea of territory in archaeology needs to be settled aside and use a more consistently approach that matches more accurately the archaeological record properties.