Technological choices : transformation in material cultures since the Neolithic /
By: Lemonnier, Pierre.
Series: Material cultures.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992, (2006)Description: xvi, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415073316 (hbk.); 9780415073318 :; 9780415073318 (hbk.); 0415296447 (pbk.); 9780415296441 (pbk.).Subject(s): Civilization | Archaeology | Technology -- Social aspects | Tools | Implements, utensils, etcDDC classification: 303.483 Summary: This collection of case studies deals with the adoption or rejection by society of technological techniques and processes. Contributors demonstrate that such choices result largely from cultural factors rather than benefits inherent in the technology.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 303.483 LEM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0068973 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collection of case studies deals with the adoption or rejection by society of technological techniques and processes. Contributors demonstrate that such choices result largely from cultural factors rather than benefits inherent in the technology.