Spreading of Innovative Technical Traits and Cumulative Technical Evolution: Continuity or Discontinuity?

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 312-330

  Roux, Valentine ^a,b  

^a Santa Fe Institute   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Bronze age; Diffusion; Levant; Potter's wheel; Social learning; Technological system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876923452     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-012-9153-4     Document Type: Article

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