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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956064603321

Autore

Schiffer Michael B

Titolo

Studying technological change : a behavioral approach / / Michael Brian Schiffer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2011

ISBN

1-60781-989-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Foundations of archaeological inquiry

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Social aspects

Archaeology - Methodology

Human behavior - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Building a "crap detector" -- A conceptual scheme -- Social needs and technological change -- Some basic invention processes -- Technology-stimulated invention -- Development and resource acquisition -- Development and the design process -- Manufacture -- Adoption -- Large-scale processes of aggregate technologies -- Reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

Studying Technological Change synthesizes nearly four decades of research by Michael Brian Schiffer, a cofounder of the field of behavioral archaeology.This new book asks historical and scientific questions about the interaction of people with artifacts during all times and in all places.