02378nam a22002417a 4500999001700000005001700017008004100034020001800075028010000093082001700193100003500210245007700245260005500322300003000377365000900407505115300416520035201569650001201921655002401933700003501957942000901992952013502001 c55999d5599920200114123741.0191125b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a9781598744736 aBrijwasi Book Distributorsb;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092c;BW/005587d;13/11/2019 a930.1028 MIL aHeather Margaret-Louise Miller aArchaeological approaches to technologyc/Heather Margaret-Louise Miller aWalnut Creek, Calif.b : Left Coast Pressc, 2009. axxi, 282 pages c ; 23 cm b3340 a Introduction: Archaeological approaches to technology. Terminology ; Archaeology and technology studies ; Overview of volume -- Methodology: Archaeological approaches to the study of technology. Archaeological field techniques : discovery/recovery ; The examination of archaeological remains ; Ordering and analyzing data ; Analogy and sociocultural interpretation -- Extractive-reductive crafts. Classification of crafts ; Stone/lithics ; Fibers : cordage, basketry, textiles ; Wood, bone, and other sculpted organics (antler, horn, ivory, shell) -- Transformative crafts. Fired clay ; Vitreous silicates : glazes, faiences and glass ; Metals : copper and iron -- Thematic studies in technology. Technological systems : reed boat production and use ; Innnovation and the organization of labor ; Technological style -- Thematic studies in technology (continued). Value, status, and social relations : the role of new artificial materials in the Indus Valley tradition ; Technologies of religious ritual in the American Southwest -- The analysis of multiple technologies. Cross-craft perspectives ; technological style and cross-craft interactions. aSummarizes the state of ancient technology studies. This book compares the range of pre-industrial technologies, from stone tool production, fiber crafts, wood and bone working, fired clay crafts, metal production, and glass manufacture. It includes socially contextualized case studies, as well as general descriptions of technological processes. aHistory aSocial archaeology. aHeather Margaret-Louise Miller cBOOK 00102ddc4071aSNULbSNULd2019-11-25eBrijwasi Book Distributorsl0o930.1028 MILp27085r2019-11-25 00:00:00w2019-11-25yBOOK