André LeroiGourhan on Technology, Evolution, an A Selection of Texts and Writings from the 1930s to the 1970s

A selection of Leroi-Gourhans most important textsmany translated into English for the first time.

André Leroi-Gourhan is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed figures of twentieth-century anthropology and archaeology. In France, his intellectual importance rivals that of the Claude Lévi-Strauss, yet Leroi-Gourhans major contributions are almost entirely unknown in the Anglophone world. This collection seeks to change that. This selection highlights some of his chief influences, such as elaborating a theory of technology, which argues that material culture focuses on the object in use and how use is a dynamic feature that has specific consequences for human evolution and human society. With serious ramifications for our understanding of material culture, putting Leroi-Gourhans thinking about technology into English will have an immediate and transformative impact on material culture studies. See more