Archaeological Review from Cambridge, Volume 9Department of Archaeology, 1990 - Archaeology |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 5
Page 7
... identity of its human carriers and of the specific context of its application . Technique places the subject at the centre of activity , whereas technology affirms the independence of production from human subjectivity . Drawing out the ...
... identity of its human carriers and of the specific context of its application . Technique places the subject at the centre of activity , whereas technology affirms the independence of production from human subjectivity . Drawing out the ...
Page 10
... identity ( Leach 1966 , 403 ; cf. 1954 , 12 ; 1976 , 9 ) . The division , then , is between a mechanics of technical systems and a semiotics of social systems . All practical action is ' fully mechanical ' in the sense that its effects ...
... identity ( Leach 1966 , 403 ; cf. 1954 , 12 ; 1976 , 9 ) . The division , then , is between a mechanics of technical systems and a semiotics of social systems . All practical action is ' fully mechanical ' in the sense that its effects ...
Page 11
... identity . Thus the very practice of a technique is itself a statement about identity : there can be no separation of communicative from technical behaviour . Our conclusion must be that in hunting and gathering societies , the forces ...
... identity . Thus the very practice of a technique is itself a statement about identity : there can be no separation of communicative from technical behaviour . Our conclusion must be that in hunting and gathering societies , the forces ...
Contents
TECHNOLOGY IN THE HUMANITIES | 3 |
Nathan Schlanger | 18 |
Pierre Lemonnier | 27 |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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