Detecting and explaining technological innovation in prehistory

• Beste egile batzuk: Spataro, Michela (Argitaratzailea), Furholt, Martin (Argitaratzailea)
• Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa Liburu kapitulua
• Hizkuntza: ingelesa
• Argitaratua: Leiden Sidestone Press 2020
• Saila: Scales of Transformation 8
• Gaiak: Prehistoric archaeology; archaeology; prehistory; technology; innovation; invention; tradition; chaîne opératoire; knowledge acquisition; knowledge transfer; Neolithic; Bronze Age; Iron Age; ethnography; ceramic; metal; bone
• Sarrera elektronikoa: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Technology refers to any set of standardised procedures for transforming raw materials into finished products. Innovation consists of any change in technology which has tangible and lasting effect on human practices, whether or not it provides utilitarian advantages. Prehistoric societies were never...