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The first was simply to study social mutation as the effect on society of the
introduction of one technological object , or group of objects . A brilliant example
of this type of analysis were the studies of the stirrup or the plough done by L.
White ...
The first was simply to study social mutation as the effect on society of the
introduction of one technological object , or group of objects . A brilliant example
of this type of analysis were the studies of the stirrup or the plough done by L.
White ...
Page 109
But such problems do not simply exist a priori ; they are part of the social world of
the child and of the psychological laboratory ( Still & Costall , 1989 ) . When one
considers prehistoric artefacts , the same reasoning would seem to apply .
But such problems do not simply exist a priori ; they are part of the social world of
the child and of the psychological laboratory ( Still & Costall , 1989 ) . When one
considers prehistoric artefacts , the same reasoning would seem to apply .
Page 110
Thus , the process of development is not simply the product of a genetic
epistemology , but a synthesis of maturational development and socialisation . In
these terms , all artefacts are what G.H. Mead ( 1934 ) called ' collapsed acts ' ;
they are ...
Thus , the process of development is not simply the product of a genetic
epistemology , but a synthesis of maturational development and socialisation . In
these terms , all artefacts are what G.H. Mead ( 1934 ) called ' collapsed acts ' ;
they are ...
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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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