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Studying Technological Change: A Behavioral Approach de Michael Brian Schiffer

Studying Technological Change: A Behavioral Approach: Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry

Autor Michael Brian Schiffer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 mai 2011 – vârsta până la 80 ani
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. The book is not about the history or prehistory of technology, nor is it a catalog of methods and techniques for inferring how specific technologies were made or used. Rather, it supplies conceptual tools that can be used to help craft an explanation of any technological change in any society.
The behavioral approach leads to new questions, creative research employing diverse lines of evidence, and, often, counterintuitive explanations. In behavioral archaeology, one never loses sight of the materiality of human behavior. Needless to say, advocates of other research approaches will find much in this book to dispute. But critics cannot gainsay the productivity of the behavioral approach nor the fact that it has furnished fresh insights into episodes of technological change.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781607811367
ISBN-10: 1607811367
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 39 photos and illustrations
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: University of Utah Press
Colecția University of Utah Press
Seria Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry

Recenzii

“In clear and concise prose, Schiffer lays out a framework that can be applied by archaeologists but also will be relevant to anyone with an interest in the interaction between humans and their material culture. Archaeologists and historians of technology will need to have it on their bookshelf.”—James M. Skibo, Illinois State University

Cuprins

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part 1
1. Introduction                                                                                                           
2. Building a “Crap Detector”                                                                                   
3. A Conceptual Scheme                                                                                           
4. Social Needs and Technological Change                                                               
 
Part 2                                                                                                                          
5. Some Basic Invention Processes                                                                            
6. Technology-Stimulated Invention                                                                         
7. Development and Resource Acquisition                                                               
8. Development and the Design Process                                                                   
9. Manufacture                                                                                                           
10. Adoption                                                                                                              
 
Part 3                                                                                                                          
11. Large-Scale Processes of Aggregate Technologies                                              
12. Reflections                                                                                                           
 
Glossary                                                                                                                     
References Cited                                                                                                       
Index                                                                                                                          
 

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This new book asks historical and scientific questions about the interaction of people with artifacts during all times and in all places.