Social agency and the dynamics of prehistoric technology

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 211-258

  Dobres, Marcia Anne ^a   Hoffman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

microscale; social agency; technology; worldviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000119568     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02231876     Document Type: Article

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