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Loading... An anthropological analysis of food-getting technologyby Wendell H. Oswalt
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book will one day become a classic in anthropology. While a relatively small volume, it contains a wealth of data regarding the evolution of food production technology. Oswalt's contribution to the subject is to show that not all great inventions are necessarily complex, or, to put it another way, do not appear to be complex. Even simple-looking implements are based upon generations of changes that promote their adoption, durability and efficiency. no reviews | add a review
An assessment of technological complexity and evolution includes classification of items of material culture of the Aranda, Tiwi and Tasmanian Aborigines. No library descriptions found. |
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