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Time, Energy and Stone Tools
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Time, Energy and Stone Tools
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Robin Torrence
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Series | New Directions in Archaeology |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:136 | Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 210 |
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Category/Genre | Prehistoric archaeology |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521115285
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Classifications | Dewey:930.1028 621.9080901 |
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Audience | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
2 July 2009 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Time, Energy and Stone Tools aims to refocus archaeological and anthropological interest in technology by demonstrating that theory-building is possible if tool manufacture and use are conceived as products of both environmental factors and social needs. Drawing particularly on optimisation theory in ecology, the eleven contributors examine within a broad spatial and temporal framework a wide range of variable including time, energy, raw materials, risk management and information flow and its place in social relationships. Most concentrate on hunter-gatherer adaptation but key papers examining the impact of agriculture and growing social complexity are also included. A challenging overview by Michael Jochim stresses at once the key role of theory in aiding our understanding of early technology and the embeddedness of tool use in the wider behavioural setting.
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