Catherine J. Frieman is Associate Professor of European Archaeology at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University

• Introduction: loomings1 Innovation as discourse2 Messy narratives/flexible methodologies3 Invention as process4 Power, influence and adoption5 Pass it on6 Tradition, continuity and resistance7 Create/innovateConclusion: the widening gyreIndex

'Whether you are a social archaeologist or not, this book is a must-read for anyone studying innovations and change, but especially anyone interested in human complexity and how we were, and always will be, connected in a flux.'Ana Catarina Basílio, European Journal of Archaeology'This is a book that deserves to be widely read, and the ideas inside discussed and debated not only in archaeology but across fields [...] It is an invaluable contribution.'James L. Flexner, Archaeology in Oceania'Frieman has produced an extremely valuable piece of work for which praise is due [...] The discussion firmly situates innovation as something worth considering in its own right, and not simply as the means to the end of technological change. Instead, innovation is conceptualised as a social process within which material, human, structural and historical actors dynamically and uniquely interact in myriad ways.' Adam Sutton, Archäologische Informationen