Technology and Social Agency: Outlining a Practice Framework for Archaeology (Social Archaeology)

Dobres, Marcia-Anne

ISBN 10: 1577181247 / ISBN 13: 9781577181248

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2000

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Technology and Social Agency: Outlining a Practice Framework for Archaeology (Social Archaeology)
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1577181247
• ISBN 13: 9781577181248
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

The book presents a new conceptual framework and a set of research principles with which to study and interpret technology from a phenomenological perspective.

About the Author

Marcia-Anne Dobres received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley and is currently teaching at the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on Palaeolithic and contemporary hunter-gatherers, technology, social agency, and gender, as well as prehistoric art and symbolism. She has ongoing research projects in France and South Africa. She is senior editor of The Social Dynamics of Technology: Practice, Politics, and World Views (1999) and Agency in Archaeology (ed. with Robb, 2000).