@article {9713,
	title = {Technological Change in the Prehistoric Eskimo Cultural Tradition},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie},
	volume = {4},
	year = {1980},
	pages = {039-052},
	abstract = {Archaeologists generally interpret technological change on the level of {\textquotedblleft}industries{\textquotedblright} in
functional terms, based on judgements of relative efficiency. Changes in several industries (chipped stone, ground slate, ceramics, bone) are traced through the 4000 year Eskimo
cultural tradition, The patterns of technological development and replacement seen in these
industries do not closely fit the models of technological change which we would expect if
functional utility was the only factor causing change. It is argued that changes in
technological industries may be usefully interpreted in terms of concepts such as {\textquotedblleft}style{\textquotedblright}.
In pre-Industrial societies in which most people are both craftsmen and consumers of their
own craft items, archaeological interpretation might usefully place more emphasis on
individuals as craftsmen rather than solely as consumers of the most functionally efficient
artifacts available to them.},
	author = {Robert McGhee}
}
