The material origin of numbers
Subtitle: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: Sep 25, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781463207434
Description: "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"--
Notes: Source title: The material origin of numbers: Insights from the archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East)