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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.
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| 303.4820905 HOP Understanding cultural globalization / | 303.48209051 DEA The Sage handbook of intercultural competence / | 303.483 IRW Citizen science : a study of people, expertise, and sustainable development / | 303.483 LEM Technological choices : transformation in material cultures since the Neolithic / | 303.483 LER Gender & technology : a reader / | 303.4830973 Hyperculture the human cost of speed | 303.4832 URR Mobilities / |
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.