This volume represents an introduction to a new world-wide attempt to review the history of technology, which is one of few since the pioneering publications of

This book is designed for upper-division undergraduate and graduate level archaeology students taking courses in ancient technologies, archaeological craft prod

This volume represents an introduction to a new world-wide attempt to review the history of technology, which is one of few since the pioneering publications of

Technology refers to any set of standardised procedures for transforming raw materials into finished products. Innovation consists of any change in technology w

An archaeology of innovation is the first monograph-length investigation of innovation and the innovation process from an archaeological perspective. It interro