Time, Energy and Stone Tools aims to refocus archaeological and
anthropological interest in technology by demonstrating that
theory-building is possible if tool manufacture and use are
conceived as products of both environmental factors and social
needs. Drawing particularly on optimisation theory in ecology, the
eleven contributors examine within a broad spatial and temporal
framework a wide range of variable including time, energy, raw
materials, risk management and information flow and its place in
social relationships. Most concentrate on hunter-gatherer
adaptation but key papers examining the impact of agriculture and
growing social complexity are also included. A challenging overview
by Michael Jochim stresses at once the key role of theory in aiding
our understanding of early technology and the embeddedness of tool
use in the wider behavioural setting.
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