A simple model of technological intensification

By R. Bettinger, B. Winterhalder, R. Mcelreath. 2006

127 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Paleontology, Space and Planetary Science

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In Paleontology

1. Christopher T. Morgan
2. S. Shennan
3. M. Zeder
4. Bruce D. Smith
5. D. Fuller
6. Heather A. Lapham

In Space and Planetary Science

1. S. Shennan

Citations in the corpus

• Evolution in Archaeology (2008, result): “Bettinger et al. (2006) propose a model different from that of Ugan et al. but within the same optimality framework.”
• The Broad Spectrum Revolution at 40: Resource diversity, intensification, and an alternative to optimal foraging explanations (2012, background): “…lowered cost/benefit ratios that is ‘‘associated with declines in subsistence efficiency’’ (Bird and O’Connell, 2006, p. 153, original emphasis, see also Bettinger et al., 2006; Bright et al., 2002; Elston and Brantingham, 2002; Kuhn and Stiner, 2001; Lupo and Schmitt, 2002; Munro, 2009, p. 147;…”
• Is it Intensification Yet? Current Archaeological Perspectives on the Evolution of Hunter-Gatherer Economies (2015, background): “Recognizing this, Bettinger et al. (2006) generate a marginal value model that instead predicts when switching to another technological class is optimal, again borrowing from Charnov’s (1976) marginal value theorem.”