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The Archaeology of Measurement - Comprehending Heaven, Earth and Time in Ancient Societies (Paperback) Loot Price: R691
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The Archaeology of Measurement - Comprehending Heaven, Earth and Time in Ancient Societies (Paperback): Iain Morley, Colin...

The Archaeology of Measurement - Comprehending Heaven, Earth and Time in Ancient Societies (Paperback)

Iain Morley, Colin Renfrew

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The construction of formal measurement systems underlies the development of science and technology, economy, and new ways of understanding and explaining the world. Human societies have developed such systems in different ways in different places and at different times, and recent archaeological investigations highlight the importance of these activities for fundamental aspects of human life. The construction of measurement systems constituted new means for recognising and engaging with the material world, and their implications, and the motivations behind them, also extend beyond the material world. Developments such as the precise reckoning of the passage of time highlighted patterns and causal relationships in nature. Measurement systems have provided the structure for addressing key concerns of cosmological belief systems, as well as the means for articulating relationships between the human form, human action, and the world - and new understandings of relationships between events in the terrestrial world and beyond. The Archaeology of Measurement explores the archaeological evidence for the development of measuring activities in numerous ancient societies, as well as the implications of these discoveries for an understanding of their worlds and beliefs. Featuring contributions from a cast of internationally renowned scholars, it analyzes the relationships between measurement, economy, architecture, symbolism, time, cosmology, ritual, and religion among prehistoric and early historic societies throughout the world.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2010
First published: April 2010
Editors: Iain Morley • Colin Renfrew
Dimensions: 280 x 215 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-13588-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN: 0-521-13588-5
Barcode: 9780521135887

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