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First , humans put meaning into the definition and conception of their technical
objects and , evidently , of their technical practices . In a given society , such as
the Baruya - Anga of Papua New Guinea , garden fences have as ' meaning ' the
...
First , humans put meaning into the definition and conception of their technical
objects and , evidently , of their technical practices . In a given society , such as
the Baruya - Anga of Papua New Guinea , garden fences have as ' meaning ' the
...
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It is even conceivable that an ethnological or ethnoarchaeological enquiry will
enable us to obtain a grasp on the modalities in which meaning or meanings
have been invested , by a given group , in a technical object or practice . It needs
...
It is even conceivable that an ethnological or ethnoarchaeological enquiry will
enable us to obtain a grasp on the modalities in which meaning or meanings
have been invested , by a given group , in a technical object or practice . It needs
...
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The kinds of meanings encompassed by techniques are multiple indeed . It
would ... There exists , however , one issue , and one line of reflection , on the
relations between techniques and meaning , which could be jointly addressed by
both ...
The kinds of meanings encompassed by techniques are multiple indeed . It
would ... There exists , however , one issue , and one line of reflection , on the
relations between techniques and meaning , which could be jointly addressed by
both ...
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Contents
Nathan Schlanger and Anthony Sinclair | 3 |
Nathan Schlanger | 18 |
Robert Cresswell | 39 |
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| 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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