Studying Technological Change : A Behavioral Approach.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry Series .
- Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry Series .
Intro -- Studying Technological Change -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Part I -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Building a "Crap Detector" -- 3. A Conceptual Scheme -- 4. Social Needs and Technological Change -- Part II -- 5. Some Basic Invention Processes -- 6. Technology-Stimulated Invention -- 7. Development and Resource Acquisition -- 8. Development and the Design Process -- 9. Manufacture -- 10. Adoption -- Part III -- 11. Large-Scale Processes of Aggregate Technologies -- 12. Reflections -- Glossary -- References Cited -- Index.
9781607819899
Technological innovations-Social aspects. Archaeology-Methodology. Human behavior-History.