This book is designed for upper-division undergraduate and graduate
level archaeology students taking courses in ancient technologies,
archaeological craft production, material culture, the history of
technology, archaeometry, and field methods. This text can also
serve as a general introduction and a reference for archaeologists,
material culture specialists in socio-cultural disciplines, and
engineers/scientists interested in the backgrounds and histories of
their disciplines. The study of ancient technologies, that is, the
ways in which objects and materials were made and used can reveal
insights into economic, social, political, and ritual realms of the
past. This book summarizes the current state of ancient technology
studies by emphasizing methodologies, some major technologies, and
the questions and issues that drive archaeologists in their
consideration of these technologies. It shows the ways that
technology studies can be used by archaeologists working anywhere,
on any type of society and it embraces an orientation toward the
practical, not the philosophical. It 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. It discusses essential terminology (technology, material
culture, chaine operatoire, etc.), primarily from the perspective
of how these terms are used by archaeologists.
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