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Studying technological change : a behavioral approach
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Studying technological change : a behavioral approach / Michael Brian Schiffer.
ISBN
9781607811367 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1607811367 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xvi, 221 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 15, 2011
Series
Foundations of archaeological inquiry
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-211) and index.
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.
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