The book presents a new conceptual framework and a set of research principles with which to study and interpret technology from a phenomenological perspective.

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This work presents a conceptual framework and a set of research principles with which to study and interpret technology from a phenomenological perspective. The author is explicitly concerned with studying ancient technological practices but the general concept of technology forms the centerpiece of discussion and is defined as an explicitly social, symbolic, and embodied endeavor that simultaneously brings into being both human agents and their material world. The author argues that, for ancient technologies and products to be fully understood, we need to appreciate the historically...