The archaeology of measurement : comprehending heaven, earth and time in ancient societies
| Parallelsachtitel: |
Comprehending heaven, earth and time in ancient societies |
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| Körperschaft: |
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge,
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Morley, Iain, 1975-
Renfrew, Colin, 1937- |
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xv, 267 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 28 cm. |
| Schlagworte: |
Astronomie
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 5 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Number : counting, mathematics and measure
- Conceptualising quantification before settlement : activities and issues underlying the conception and use of measurement / Iain Morley
- Measurement in navigation : conceiving distance and time in the Neolithic / Helen Farr
- The token system of the ancient Near East : it's role in counting, writing, the economy and cognition / Denise Schmandt-Besserat
- Grasping the concept of number : how did the sapient mind move beyond approximation? / Lambros Malafouris
- Numerical cognition and the development of 'zero' in Mesoamerica / John Justeson
- Recording measure(ment)s in the Inka khipu / Gary Urton
- Materialising the economy
- Measuring by weight in the late Bronze Age Aegean : the people behind the measuring tools / Anna Michailidou
- The concept of weighing during the Bronze Age in the Aegean, the Near East and Europe / Lorenz Rahmstorf
- Measuring the Harappan world : insights into the Indus order and cosmology / J. Mark Kenoyer
- Dimension and belief
- Architectural measurements in the Indus cities : the case study of Mohenjo-Daro / Michael Jansen
- dtTeotihuacan city layout as a cosmogram : preliminary results of the 2007 Measurement Unit Study / Saburo Sagiyama
- Aztec dimensions of holiness / John E. Clark
- Establishing direction in early Egyptian burials and monumental architecture : measurement and the spatial link with the 'other' / Kate Spence
- Calendar and cosmology
- The measurement of time and distance in the heavens above Mesopotamia, with brief reference made to other ancient astral sciences / David Brown
- Evolution of the calendar in Shang China / Mark Edward Lewis
- The measure of time in Mesoamerica : from Teotihuacan to the Maya / Anthony F. Aveni
- Measuring time, sacred space, and social place in the Inca Empire / Charles Stanish
- Measuring time in the European Neolithic? The function and meaning of central European circular enclosures / Peter F. Biehl
- The spirituality of measure
- The roots of spirituality and the limits of human mensuration / F. LeRon Shultz
- Worldview, measurement and 'the roots of spirituality' / Jeremy S. Bagbie.
