TY  - JOUR
AU  - Porčić, Marko
PY  - 2024
UR  - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/3802
AB  - This essay represents a reflection on the role and relevance of the concept of human nature in archaeology, inspired by the ideas about human nature presented and elaborated by Maria Kronfeldner in the book What’s Left of Human Nature?. It is a comment from an archaeologist’s perspective. Kronfeldner formulated three ways in which human nature can be conceptualized: classificatory, descriptive and explanatory human nature. In the text, I review the archaeological and anthropological topics for which the three aspects of human nature are relevant. In the first part, I address the problems related to the concepts of classificatory and descriptive human nature in the late Pleistocene, when Homo sapiens was not the only species of the genus Homo on the planet. In the second part, I discuss the role of human nature from the epistemological position when it comes to the theoretical basis of reconstructing human behavior in the past and the more general anthropological issue of establishing cross-cultural regularities and laws. This is by no means a comprehensive and detailed survey of the potentially relevant topics, but it should illustrate the usefulness and relevance of Kronfeldner’s concepts for the fields of archaeology and anthropology.
AB  - U ovom eseju razmatraju se uloga i relevantnost koncepta ljudske prirode u arheologiji, na
osnovu ideja o ljudskoj prirodi koje je formulisala Marija Kronfeldner u knjizi What’s Left of
Human Nature. Ovo je, pre svega, komentar na ove ideje iz perspektive arheologa. Kronfeldner je predstavila tri načina kako se ljudska priroda može konceptualizovati: kao klasifikaciona, deskriptivna i eksplanatorna ljudska priroda. Ovaj esej predstavlja pregled arheoloških
i antropoloških tema za koje su ova tri aspekta ljudske prirode relevantna. U prvom delu,
bavim se problemima vezanim za koncepte klasifikacione i deskriptivne ljudske prirode u kasnom pleistocenu, kada Homo sapiens nije bio jedina vrsta roda Homo na planeti. U drugom
delu, razmatram ulogu koncepta ljudske prirode u arheologiji i antropologiji iz epistemološke
perspektive, fokusirajući se na teorijsku osnovu rekonstrukcije ljudskog ponašanja u prošlosti i na opšti antropološki problem uspostavljanja kroskulturnih pravilnosti i zakona. Ovo
svakako nije sveobuhvatan i detaljan pregled potencijalno relevantnih tema, ali ilustruje korisnost i relevantnost koncepata koje je definisala Kronfeldner kada su u pitanju arheologija
i antropologija.
PB  - Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
T2  - Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society
T1  - Deploying Kronfeldner’s Concept of Human Nature in Archaeology
T1  - Primena koncepta ljudske prirode Marije Kronfeldner u arheologiji
IS  - 1
VL  - 35
SP  - 25
EP  - 33
DO  - 10.2298/FID2401025P
ER  - 

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Human Nature. Ovo je, pre svega, komentar na ove ideje iz perspektive arheologa. Kronfeldner je predstavila tri načina kako se ljudska priroda može konceptualizovati: kao klasifikaciona, deskriptivna i eksplanatorna ljudska priroda. Ovaj esej predstavlja pregled arheoloških
i antropoloških tema za koje su ova tri aspekta ljudske prirode relevantna. U prvom delu,
bavim se problemima vezanim za koncepte klasifikacione i deskriptivne ljudske prirode u kasnom pleistocenu, kada Homo sapiens nije bio jedina vrsta roda Homo na planeti. U drugom
delu, razmatram ulogu koncepta ljudske prirode u arheologiji i antropologiji iz epistemološke
perspektive, fokusirajući se na teorijsku osnovu rekonstrukcije ljudskog ponašanja u prošlosti i na opšti antropološki problem uspostavljanja kroskulturnih pravilnosti i zakona. Ovo
svakako nije sveobuhvatan i detaljan pregled potencijalno relevantnih tema, ali ilustruje korisnost i relevantnost koncepata koje je definisala Kronfeldner kada su u pitanju arheologija
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Porčić, M.. (2024). Deploying Kronfeldner’s Concept of Human Nature in Archaeology. in Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society
Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju., 35(1), 25-33.
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2401025P

Porčić M. Deploying Kronfeldner’s Concept of Human Nature in Archaeology. in Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society. 2024;35(1):25-33.
doi:10.2298/FID2401025P .

Porčić, Marko, "Deploying Kronfeldner’s Concept of Human Nature in Archaeology" in Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society, 35, no. 1 (2024):25-33,
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2401025P . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Porčić, Marko
AU  - Radinović, Mihailo
AU  - Branković, Marija
AU  - Jovanić, Aleksandra
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/3718
AB  - Understanding the nature of copying errors in the cultural transmission of material culture is highly relevant for students of cultural evolution, especially in the field of evolutionary archaeology. In this paper, we set up a classic transmission chain experiment, which involves making clay anthropomorphic figurines, to explore the nature of the copying error related to the production of 3D objects. The experiment consists of four independent transmission chains, each with 10 participants. Three chains are non-expert chains, as they consist of students of archaeology and psychology with no formal training in arts. The fourth is an expert chain consisting of art students. Our results show that the copying error predictably differs between the experts and the non-experts – it is lower in the expert chain. However, in both groups, the error is higher than predicted by the models that assume that the copying error is only due to imperfections in the perception of linear dimensions. Taken together, these two results suggest that, in addition to the error in perception, the error in the execution contributes significantly to the overall error, as predicted by the recently formulated object-mediated transmission model (Crema et al., 2023). The results of our experiment also show that the errors are often biased rather than random, suggesting that the transmission process involves the transformations anticipated by the cultural attraction theory.
PB  - Elsevier
T2  - Journal of Archaeological Science
T1  - Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines
VL  - 162
DO  - 10.1016/j.jas.2023.105914
ER  - 

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author = "Porčić, Marko and Radinović, Mihailo and Branković, Marija and Jovanić, Aleksandra",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Understanding the nature of copying errors in the cultural transmission of material culture is highly relevant for students of cultural evolution, especially in the field of evolutionary archaeology. In this paper, we set up a classic transmission chain experiment, which involves making clay anthropomorphic figurines, to explore the nature of the copying error related to the production of 3D objects. The experiment consists of four independent transmission chains, each with 10 participants. Three chains are non-expert chains, as they consist of students of archaeology and psychology with no formal training in arts. The fourth is an expert chain consisting of art students. Our results show that the copying error predictably differs between the experts and the non-experts – it is lower in the expert chain. However, in both groups, the error is higher than predicted by the models that assume that the copying error is only due to imperfections in the perception of linear dimensions. Taken together, these two results suggest that, in addition to the error in perception, the error in the execution contributes significantly to the overall error, as predicted by the recently formulated object-mediated transmission model (Crema et al., 2023). The results of our experiment also show that the errors are often biased rather than random, suggesting that the transmission process involves the transformations anticipated by the cultural attraction theory.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
title = "Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines",
volume = "162",
doi = "10.1016/j.jas.2023.105914"
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Porčić, M., Radinović, M., Branković, M.,& Jovanić, A.. (2023). Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines. in Journal of Archaeological Science
Elsevier., 162.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105914

Porčić M, Radinović M, Branković M, Jovanić A. Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines. in Journal of Archaeological Science. 2023;162.
doi:10.1016/j.jas.2023.105914 .

Porčić, Marko, Radinović, Mihailo, Branković, Marija, Jovanić, Aleksandra, "Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines" in Journal of Archaeological Science, 162 (2023),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105914 . .