{"product_id":"technology-as-human-social-tradition-9780520276925","title":"Technology as Human Social Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutlines 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface 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","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402863747415,"sku":"9780520276925","price":50.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520276925.jpg?v=1730481717","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/technology-as-human-social-tradition-9780520276925","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}