i wonder how much of this ist a kind of existing im not to say galetarianism, but, let's say an antia, anti hierarchy sentime. There does seem to be a real emphasis on a kind of hiterarchy and this kind of competition amongst equals. Thes are loe people with local concerns, and they're doing that really strenuously. And the real emphasis seems to be on internal animal movements,. farming cattle in particular, wealth on the hoof.
Catherine Frieman, an associate professor of European Archaeology at the School of Archaeology, talks about her recent book, An Archaeology of Innovation: Approaching Social and Technological Change in Human Society, with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. Her book offers a long-term perspective on innovation that only archaeology can offer and draws on case studies from across human history, from our earliest hominin ancestors to the present. The book makes several different arguments, but one of them is that our present narrow focus on pushing the adoption of technical innovations—especially so called “disruptive innovations”—ignores the complex social, technological, and environmental systems that undergirds successful societies.
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