Format:
1 online resource (215 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781472519597
Series Statement:
BCP Egyptology Ser.
Content:
This book discusses ancient Egyptian technology and innovation in a wide archaeological, social and historical context.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- Chronology -- 1. Introduction: towards an explicitly anthropological analysis of technological change and innovation in ancient Egypt -- 2. Analysing Egyptian technological dynamics: was Egyptian technology underpinned and framed by 'science'? -- 3. Writing: human communication as social technology -- 4. Medicine, magic and pharmacy: the fusion of science and art -- 5. Stone-working: the synthesis of traditional chaînes opératoires and ideological innovations -- 6. Mummification and glass-working: issues of definition and process -- 7. Chariot production: technical choice and socio-political change -- 8. Military hardware: the east Mediterranean knowledge economy and the emergence of the Iron Age in Egypt -- 9. Technology embedded in urban society: finding the individual in the general -- 10. Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Measuring space -- Appendix 2. Measuring time -- Appendix 3. Astronomy and astrology -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Ancient Egyptian terms -- Assyrian terms.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780715631188
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780715631188
Language:
English
