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prestige technology: a standalone construct

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Archaeology

a contrast between technologies made to solve practical problems efficiently and those made with surplus labor to display wealth and status.

In archaeology, prestige technology refers to a contrast between technologies made to solve practical problems efficiently and those made with surplus labor to display wealth and status. This meaning comes from Hayden (1998) in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.[1]

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contrast4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs display2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs labor4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Hayden, B. (1998). Practical and prestige technologies: The evolution of material systems. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 5(1), 1-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02428415

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