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Mechanics of Pre-Industrial Technology: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Ancient and Traditional Material Culture Paperback - 1992
by Brian Cotterell; Johan Kamminga
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The material culture of our earliest hominid ancestor who inhabited northeast Africa some four million years ago was probably on about the same level as that of the modern apes.
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- Title Mechanics of Pre-Industrial Technology: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Ancient and Traditional Material Culture
- Author Brian Cotterell; Johan Kamminga
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 344
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 1992-04-24
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780521428712 / 0521428718
- Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 9.28 x 7.52 x 0.73 in (23.57 x 19.10 x 1.85 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 88029238
- Dewey Decimal Code 620.100
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ISBN: 9780521428712CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS | 01 May 1992
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This is the first general account of the mechanics behind pre-industrial technology. By combining the skills of an engineer and an archaeologist, it shows how mechanics can be used to create a better understanding of the function of artifacts and the achievements of early technology. The authors examine technology from the earliest stone tools of more than two million years ago to the erection of the statues of Easter Island which continued into the seventeenth century. Representative material cultures from most areas of the world have been selected for this study and the book shows how sophisticated many of their apparently simple techniques and artefacts actually were. After an introduction to basic mechanics the book examines the elements of machines: the various structures which can be made to bridge openings; the mechanics involved in fashioning stone tools; projectiles such as the spear and boomerang; the… Read More
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