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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Overmann, Karenleigh A. (1957-....)
Titre(s) : The material origin of numbers [Texte imprimé] : insights from the archaeology of the ancient Near East / Karenleigh A. Overmann
Publication : Piscataway (N. J.) : Gorgias Press, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi, 313 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Collection : Gorgias studies in the ancient Near East ; 14
Lien à la collection : Gorgias studies in the Ancient Near East
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 257-295 and index
"The Material Origin of Numbers examines how number concepts are realized, represented,
manipulated, and elaborated. Utilizing the cognitive archaeological framework of Material
Engagement Theory and culling data from disciplines including neuroscience, ethnography,
linguistics, and archaeology, Overmann offers a methodologically rich study of numbers
and number concepts in the ancient Near East from the late Upper Paleolithic Period
through the Bronze Age"
Sujet(s) : Nombres -- Moyen-Orient -- Antiquité
Mathématiques -- Philosophie -- Moyen-Orient -- Antiquité
Indice(s) Dewey :
513.509 (23e éd.) = Systèmes de numération - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781463207434. - ISBN 1463207433
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46628603c
Notice n° :
FRBNF46628603
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.
