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The Material Origin of Numbers

The Material Origin of Numbers Insights from the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781463247959
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 513.5
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 327
Weight: -1g
Height: 254mm
Width: 178mm