Towards an archaeology of pedagogy: Learning, teaching and the generation of material culture traditions

World Archaeology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-331

  Tehrani, Jamshid J ^a,b   Riede, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apprenticeships; Chaine operatoire; Cultural transmission; Pedagogy; Teaching; Tradition

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL TRADITION; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; EDUCATION; LEARNING; MATERIAL CULTURE; TEACHING; TOOL USE;

EID: 49549099088     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240802261267     Document Type: Article

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