Gender and prehistoric technology
On the social agency of technical strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcia‐anne Dobres (University of California System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-49 |
| Publication date | 1995-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1995.9980291 |
| OpenAlex | W2059113092 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 87 |
| References cited | 64 |
Technological production is a materially grounded arena within which social identities can be defined, expressed and mediated. A focus on the microscale dynamics of social agency manifest in differentiated communities of people involved in material culture production and use draws attention to potential contexts accounting for the kinds of site‐specific technical variability often brushed aside as archaeological 'noise'. This essay presents the outline of a conceptual framework and methodology for studying the social agency of prehistoric technology with the goal of understanding the dialectic of gendered practices and technical strategies. The main intent is to rethink the concept of technology so as to bring to prominence the artifice of technological activities as socially constituted. A case study considering late Ice Age (Magdalenian) bone and antler technologies practised in the French Midi‐Pyrenees provides grounding for the theoretical discussion. Keywords: Technologyagencygendersocial relations (of production)Magdalenianmicroscale
Agency (philosophy · Archaeology · Aside · Dialectic · Epistemology · Prehistory · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 87 |
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| Citations per year | 2,9 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 84 |