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The evolution of Paleolithic technologies / Steven L. Kuhn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuhn, Steven L., 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleolithic period.
- Tools, Prehistoric.
- Stone implements.
- Technology and civilization.
- Human evolution.
- Prehistoric peoples--Historiography.
- Prehistoric peoples.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 419 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Steven L. Kuhn is Riecker Distinguished Professor in the School of Anthropology, University of Arizona. He has conducted research on Paleolithic sites and stone artefacts in Turkey, Mediterranean Europe, the Levant, Morocco, and China. With his wife and frequent collaborator, Dr. Mary Stiner, Dr. Kuhn has also published on the evolution of human societies and symbolic behaviour during the Pleistocene.
- Contents:
- Thinking about technological evolution
- Parts and wholes
- Raw material economies
- Artifacts as information
- Identifying design
- Diversity
- Artifact complexity
- Synthesis- trends, tendencies and entrenchment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2020).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kuhn, Steven L., 1956- The evolution of Paleolithic technologies
- ISBN:
- 9781315642024
- 1315642026
- 9781317281764
- 1317281764
- 9781317281757
- 1317281756
- 9781317281771
- 1317281772
- Publisher Number:
- 99987426124
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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