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Anders Högberg<br />

thoughts and practical actions (Bourdieu 1977; Broady 1989), or between<br />

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but will not be further discussed here.<br />

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cerning the choices of available techniques and methods for the production<br />

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there is the option of choosing the most suitable for the purpose:<br />

Whilst the production of stone tools takes place within broad physical and mechanical<br />

constraints imposed by the raw material, the artisan is nevertheless capable of<br />

implementing a number of different strategies to create a particular artefact (Ed<br />

monds 1990:57<br />

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is not solely based on the evaluation of technological and methodological<br />

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<br />

These needs control the choice of strategies concerning with which raw ma<br />

terial, techniques and methods the object will be made (Pelegrin 1990). As<br />

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in the product and the waste material from the production. Each product is<br />

thereby the result of a chain of cultural choices in relation to function, tech<br />

nology and requirements. Each product and the handling of each product is<br />

<br />

product gives a clue to the understanding of the many decisions that created<br />

its shape and use (Högberg 2001a, 2001b).<br />

Action is essential in technology. Through the study of actions it is pos<br />

sible to approach the culturally conditioned choices which have created the<br />

prerequisites for the production of various objects. Therefore it is important<br />

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technology and action.<br />

Axe preforms and chaîne opératoire<br />

Technological studies of complex forms of production in which action has<br />

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that specialized production is based on strategies that include several stages<br />

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