The material origin of numbers : insights from the archaeology of the ancient Near East

1. Verfasser: Overmann, Karenleigh A. 1957- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2019.
Umfang/Format: xi, 313 pages: illustrations, maps; 26 cm
Schriftenreihe: Gorgias studies in the ancient Near East 14
Schlagworte:
Numeration > History.
Counting > History.
Mathematics > Philosophy > History.
Mathematics > Middle East > History.
Mathematics > Middle East > Philosophy > History.
Number theory > History.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Numerals.
Ethnology > Middle East.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • Numbers through a different lens
  • What's a number, really?
  • Assembling an elephant, one bit at a time
  • Behavioral traces
  • Language in holistic context
  • Ancient languages and Mesopotamian numbers
  • Fingers and tallies
  • The Neolithic clay tokens
  • Numerical notations and writing
  • The role of materiality in numerical concepts
  • Concluding remarks and questions.

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