Archaeological Review from Cambridge, Volume 9Department of Archaeology, 1990 - Archaeology |
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... deal of learning correct- ly and efficiently to use the tools and accomplish the work . There is also a strong link be- tween gesture and action on matter - this is where in fact the focus of the system can be said to lie . Finally , in ...
... deal of learning correct- ly and efficiently to use the tools and accomplish the work . There is also a strong link be- tween gesture and action on matter - this is where in fact the focus of the system can be said to lie . Finally , in ...
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... deal in common , in spite of their different life envi- ronments . The great general trend , however , has been of brain evolution : as Rensch ( 1959 ) has noted , all the major advances of evolution have been brain victories . The ...
... deal in common , in spite of their different life envi- ronments . The great general trend , however , has been of brain evolution : as Rensch ( 1959 ) has noted , all the major advances of evolution have been brain victories . The ...
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... deal of information is , and for a long time has been , conveyed by sight and touch . The great ques- tion now is " how much data ? " at each point along the timescale ? In the period before pre- served technology , we can only look for ...
... deal of information is , and for a long time has been , conveyed by sight and touch . The great ques- tion now is " how much data ? " at each point along the timescale ? In the period before pre- served technology , we can only look for ...
Contents
TECHNOLOGY IN THE HUMANITIES | 3 |
Nathan Schlanger | 18 |
Pierre Lemonnier | 27 |
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Acheulean acquisition action on matter African archaeology analysis anthropology approach Archaeological Review argued artefacts aspects basis behaviour bifaces Cambridge 9:1 Cambridge University Press chaîne opératoire complex concept of technology context core debitage duration of apprenticeship East German Eastern Europe economic elements environment Etiolles evidence evolution evolutionary example flakes flintknapping Franchthi Cave function gesture Gowlett handaxe hominids human hunter-gatherers hunting and gathering individual industries Ingold innovation interpretation Karlin knapper knapping know-how knowledge Leroi-Gourhan lithic lithic analysis Magdalenian manufacture Marxism material culture Mauss meaning Mesolithic nature Neolithic object Oldowan operational organisation Palaeolithic Paris Pelegrin Perlès Pigeot possible practical prehistoric problem raw material relationship Review from Cambridge sequence simply skills social relations society spatial specific stone axes stone tools striking platform structure symbolic technical activities techniques techno-economic theoretical theory tion transformation understanding Upper Palaeolithic Wynn