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Outlines a novel approach to studying variability and cumulative change in human technology prominent research themes in both archaeology and anthropology. This book argues that human material culture is best understood as an expression of social tradition.

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"Peter Jordan has written what I believe will come to be recognised as one of the most influential books in evolutionary anthropology and archaeology of this decade. It is important as it nimbly engages with what is arguably the fundamental concern of a significant number of social anthropologists and archaeologists, that of how the complex interactions between social structure and human agency contribute to the development of cultural traditions." Antiquity

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Preface Acknowledgments Note on Data Sets 1. Introduction 2. Methodology 3. Northwest Siberia 4. Pacific Northwest Coast 5. Northern California 6. Conclusions Appendix: Mantel Matrix Correlations References Index

Technology as Human Social Tradition

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 6 November 2014
      ISBN-13 9780520276925
      978-0520276925
      ISBN-10 0520276922
      Also in:
      Social and cultural anthropology Social theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Outlines a novel approach to studying variability and cumulative change in human technology prominent research themes in both archaeology and anthropology. This book argues that human material culture is best understood as an expression of social tradition.

      Trade Review
      "Peter Jordan has written what I believe will come to be recognised as one of the most influential books in evolutionary anthropology and archaeology of this decade. It is important as it nimbly engages with what is arguably the fundamental concern of a significant number of social anthropologists and archaeologists, that of how the complex interactions between social structure and human agency contribute to the development of cultural traditions." Antiquity

      Table of Contents
      Preface Acknowledgments Note on Data Sets 1. Introduction 2. Methodology 3. Northwest Siberia 4. Pacific Northwest Coast 5. Northern California 6. Conclusions Appendix: Mantel Matrix Correlations References Index

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