Book ID: CBB001422621

The Archaeology of Measurement: Comprehending Heaven, Earth and Time in Ancient Societies (2010)

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Morley, Iain (Editor)
Renfrew, Colin (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: xv + 267 pp.; ill.; maps; index
Language: English

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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Authors & Contributors
Ustinova, Yulia
Katya Stroud
Kouki, Paula
Zangger, Eberhard
Yaya, Isabel
Walton, David
Concepts
Cosmology
Science and religion
Cross-cultural comparison
Rituals
Astronomy
Science and technology, relationships
Time Periods
Ancient
17th century
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
Medieval
Neolithic period
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
Greece
China
Europe
Middle and Near East
Mesoamerica
Anatolia (Turkey)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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