Ancient Egyptian Technology and Innovation
Bristol Classical Press (Verlag)
978-0-7156-3118-8 (ISBN)
The study of ancient Egyptian materials and technology is a vibrant one, with research being conducted by many scholars throughout the world. This book draws not only on traditional archaeological and textual sources but also on the results of scientific analyses of ancient materials and on experimental and ethno-archaeological information. Although the principal aim is to bring together the basic evidence for different aspects of change and evolution in Egyptian technology, it also examines wider cognitive and social contexts, such as the ancient Egyptian propensity for mental creativity and innovation. How rapidly did Egyptian technology change in comparison with other African, Mediterranean or Near Eastern states? The text includes consideration of those aspects of Egyptian society that made it predisposed (or not) to certain types of innovation, e.g. techniques of metalworking, transportation and construction.
Ian Shaw is Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology, University of Liverpool, and author of many books, including most recently "Egyptology: a very short introduction" (2004) and "Hatnub: quarrying travertine in ancient Egypt" (2008).
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Chronology
Introduction: towards an explicitly anthropological analysis of technological change and innovation in ancient Egypt
Analysing Egyptian Technological Dynamics - was Egyptian technology underpinned and framed by 'science'?
Writing: human communication as social technology
Medicine, Magic and Pharmacy: the fusion of science and religion
Stone-working: the synthesis of traditional chaînes opératoires and ideological innovations
Mummification and Glass-working: issues of definition and process
Chariot Production: technical choice and socio-political change
Military Hardware: the east Mediterranean knowledge economy and the emergence of the Iron Age in Egypt
Technology Embedded in Urban Society: finding the individual in the general
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Measuring space
Appendix 2: Measuring time
Appendix 3: Astronomy and astrology
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.2.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | BCP Egyptology |
| Zusatzinfo | 40 bw |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 350 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7156-3118-7 / 0715631187 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7156-3118-8 / 9780715631188 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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