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Technology as Human Social Tradition : Cultural Transmission among Hunter-Gatherers

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014

Online-Ressource (425 p)

Englisch

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Data Sets; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Northwest Siberia; 4. Pacific Northwest Coast; 5. Northern California; 6. Conclusions; Appendix: Mantel Matrix Correlations; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y

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Print version: Technology as Human Social Tradition : Cultural Transmission among Hunter-Gatherers

978-0-520-27692-5

978-0-520-27692-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

796915768

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978-0-520-95833-3 ( : 57.13 (NL))

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LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Prehistoric peoples - Material culture

Prehistoric peoples - Material culture ; Electronic books

Technology as Human Social Tradition outlines a novel approach to studying variability and cumulative change in human technology-prominent research themes in both archaeology and anthropology. Peter Jordan argues that human material culture is best understood as an expression of social tradition. In this approach, each artifact stands as an output of a distinctive operational sequence with specific choices made at each stage in its production. Jordan also explores different material culture traditions that are propagated through social learning, factors that promote coherent lineages of tradit

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Technology as Human Social Tradition outlines a novel approach to studying variability and cumulative change in human technology-prominent research themes in both archaeology and anthropology. Peter Jordan argues that human material culture is best understood as an expression of social tradition. In this approach, each artifact stands as an output of a distinctive operational sequence with specific choices made at each stage in its production. Jordan also explores different material culture traditions that are propagated through social learning, factors that promote coherent lineages of tradit