Bettinger, R. L., Winterhalder, B. and McElreath, R. (2006). A simple model of technological intensification. J Archaeol Sci 33 (4). Vol 33(4), pp. 538-545.

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	A simple model of technological intensification
Issue The name of the volume or issue Issue:	J Archaeol Sci 33 (4)
Series The series the publication or report is included in Series:	Journal of Archaeological Science
Volume Volume number and part Volume:	33 (4)
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. Page Start/End:	538 - 545
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	The authors refer to Ugan, Bright and Rogers [`When is technology worth the trouble?' in J Archaeol Sci 30 (10) (2003), 1315-29] who developed procurement and processing versions of an optimization model, termed the tech investment model, to formalize the conditions that favour investing time in the manufacture of more productive but more costly technologies. They contend that this approach captures the tradeoffs that occur as less costly versions are supplanted by more costly versions of the same category of technology (e.g., fishhooks), but not the tradeoffs that occur when more costly categories of technology supplant different but less costly categories used for the same purpose (e.g., hook and line vs. spear). The authors propose an alternative model in which different categories of technology are characterized by separate cost--benefit curves; they develop point-estimate and curve-estimate versions on this model; and they show how they might be applied using the development of weaponry in aboriginal California as an example.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Robert L Bettinger Bruce Winterhalder Richard McElreath
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2006
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	15 May 2006