ISBN:
9780415073318
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (813 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Material Cultures
Parallel Title:
Print version Technological Choices : Transformation in Material Cultures Since the Neolithic
DDC:
303.48/3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of plates; List of tables; Introduction; 1 NORTH WIND, SOUTH WIND; 2 THE WATCH AND THE WATERCLOCK; 3 THE REINDEERMAN'S LASSO; 4 PIGS AS ORDINARY WEALTH; 5 POTTERY TECHNIQUES IN INDIA; 6 OF MILLS AND WATERWHEELS; 7 TECHNICAL INNOVATION AND CULTURAL RESISTANCE; 8 THE HUNTER AND HIS GUN IN HAUTE-PROVENCE; 9 GIVING THE POTTER A CHOICE; 10 A GAZOGENE IN COSTA RICA; 11 THE FACTORY AS ARTEFACT; 12 ETHNOGRAPHY OF A "HIGH-TECH" CASE; 13 DOMINANT REPRESENTATIONS AND TECHNICAL CHOICES; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
