An Archaeological Perspective on the History of Technology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781009184212)

This volume represents an introduction to a new world-wide attempt to review the history of technology, which is one of few since the pioneering publications of the 1960s. It takes an explicit archaeological focus to the study of the history of technology and adopts a more explicit socially-embedded view of technology than has commonly been the case in mainstream histories of technology. In doing so, it attempts to introduce a more radical element to explanations of technological change, involving magic, alchemy, animism - in other words, attempting to consider technological change in terms of the 'world view' of those involved in such change rather than from an exclusively western scientific perspective.

Author: A. Mark Pollard, Chris Gosden
ISBN-10: 1009184210
ISBN-13: 9781009184212
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2023
Pages: 75
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d