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Studying technological change : a behavioral approach / Michael Brian Schiffer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiffer, Michael B. (Michael Brian), 1947-
- Series:
- Foundations of archaeological inquiry
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--Social aspects.
- Technological innovations.
- Archaeology--Methodology.
- Archaeology.
- Human behavior--History.
- Human behavior.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Building a "crap detector"
- A conceptual scheme
- Social needs and technological change
- Some basic invention processes
- Technology-stimulated invention
- Development and resource acquisition
- Development and the design process
- Manufacture
- Adoption
- Large-scale processes of aggregate technologies
- Reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781607811367
- 1607811367
- OCLC:
- 694566453
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