Content as variability, result as selection: Toward a behavioral definition of technology

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-104

  Bleed, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 85040390809     PISSN: 1551823X     EISSN: 15518248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.1997.7.1.95     Document Type: Article

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