What is it about?
This article looks at developments in comb form and manufacturing from a developmental perspective: a sort of evolution that attempts to bring an understanding of technological innovation to accepted typology.
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Why is it important?
Through the application of novel social theory, small finds offer the opportunity to answer big questions about society and economics in the Viking Age.
Perspectives
Classifying objects is fundamental to artefact study, but if we view typologies through the lens of recent social approaches to technology, they offer the opportunity to better understand issues relating to contact, communication, and knowledge transfer.
Dr Steven P Ashby
University of York
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This page is a summary of: A history of combmaking:, February 2020, JSTOR,
DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv138ws19.10.
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