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Autore |
Schiffer Michael B |
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Titolo |
Studying technological change : a behavioral approach / / Michael Brian Schiffer |
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Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Foundations of archaeological inquiry |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technological innovations - Social aspects |
Archaeology - Methodology |
Human behavior - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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