Technological choices : transformation in material cultures since the Neolithic /
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1993. |
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Description: | xvi, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Material cultures |
Subject: | Technology -- Social aspects Technology -- Social aspects. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1479888 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Pierre Lemonnier
- Chapter 1. North Wind, South Wind. Neolithic technical choices in the Jura Mountains, 3700-2400 BC
- Chapter 2. The Watch and the Waterclock. Technological choices/social choices
- Chapter 3. The Reindeerman's lasso
- Chapter 4. Pigs as Ordinary Wealth. Technical logic, exchange and leadership in New Guinea
- Chapter 5. Pottery Techniques in India. Technical variants and social choice
- Chapter 6. Of Mills and Waterwheels. The hidden parameters of technological choices
- Chapter 7. Technical Innovation and Cultural Resistance. The social weight of plowing in the vineyards of les Corbieres (Languedoc)
- Chapter 8. The Hunter and his Gun in Haute-Provence