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