Archaeological Review from Cambridge, Volume 9Department of Archaeology, 1990 - Archaeology |
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... ritual of the utmost complexity . There is , we say , no single measure of social advancement ; a society may score highly on one criterion but low on another . Technol- ogy is a Western preoccupation , but Australian Aborigines are ...
... ritual of the utmost complexity . There is , we say , no single measure of social advancement ; a society may score highly on one criterion but low on another . Technol- ogy is a Western preoccupation , but Australian Aborigines are ...
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... ritual types or aspects of behaviour . Technical behaviour is defined in purely pragmatic , means - ends terms , and " produces observable results in a strictly mechanical way " . Ritual behaviour , by contrast , is essentially ...
... ritual types or aspects of behaviour . Technical behaviour is defined in purely pragmatic , means - ends terms , and " produces observable results in a strictly mechanical way " . Ritual behaviour , by contrast , is essentially ...
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... ritual . However the machine is not simply a more advanced substitute for a tool , nor were hand - tools the original forces of produc- tion . For the development of the forces has transformed the entire system of relations between ...
... ritual . However the machine is not simply a more advanced substitute for a tool , nor were hand - tools the original forces of produc- tion . For the development of the forces has transformed the entire system of relations between ...
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