Description
Each contributor discusses theories and methods and also offers a substantial case study. These detailed inquiries span human societies from the Paleolithic to the computer age. By moving beyond the usual approach of examining ancient technologies, particularly chipped stone and low-fired ceramics, this volume probes for the construction of meaning in the material world across millennia. The authors of these essays find technology to be an inclusive and flexible topic that merges with studies of everything else in human activity.
About the Author
Michael Brian Schiffer is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona.
Book Information
ISBN 9780826350398
Author Michael Brian Schiffer
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint University of New Mexico Press
Publisher University of New Mexico Press