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The Holloway definition is useful because in the present it (i) aims to reduce the
complexity of culture to a single measurable criterion; and (ii) acts as a kind of
discriminant function, maximising on one axis the difference between present day
...
The Holloway definition is useful because in the present it (i) aims to reduce the
complexity of culture to a single measurable criterion; and (ii) acts as a kind of
discriminant function, maximising on one axis the difference between present day
...
Page 100
Various species might have entered this domain, but as it has transpired only
human beings have entered it fully. For a general explanation, I suggest as a
basis the positions of Sherrington and Craik: the function of the mind is to
simulate ...
Various species might have entered this domain, but as it has transpired only
human beings have entered it fully. For a general explanation, I suggest as a
basis the positions of Sherrington and Craik: the function of the mind is to
simulate ...
Page 104
It seems that, as with all creative activity, making stone implements may have a
dual purpose; an instrumental function, and an aesthetic, communicative or even
social function. If indeed these are distinct. In my case I hope that a knowledge of
...
It seems that, as with all creative activity, making stone implements may have a
dual purpose; an instrumental function, and an aesthetic, communicative or even
social function. If indeed these are distinct. In my case I hope that a knowledge of
...
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Contents
TECHNOLOGY IN THE HUMANITIES | 3 |
Nathan Schlanger | 18 |
Pierre Lemonnier | 27 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Archaeological review from Cambridge, Volume 9, Issue 1 Archaeological review from Cambridge |
| Published | 1990 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Jun 2007 |
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