Numbers, Measures, and the Transfer of Goods in Prehistory
Edited by Philippe Della Casa Edited by Aleksander Dzbyński
Numbers, weights, and measurements, and the systems underpinning them, have always been a fundamental part of human society. Developed at different ways and at different times, such systems have provided a foundation for science, technology, economy, and new ways of engaging with and understanding the world. This volume aims to explore the background to numbers and measurements in more detail by drawing together specialists from a growing field of research. The contributions gathered here offer new and interdisciplinary insights into how the development of mathematical ideas and systems evolved, early metrological systems, the exchange of goods and their impact, the standardization of measuring tools, and the impact of such concepts. This unique volume is deliberately set broad, both geographically and chronologically, in order to compare and contrast changes over time and between peoples, and in doing so it sheds new light on the social and scientific developments among both prehistoric and early historic societies.
Numbers, weights, and measurements, and the systems underpinning them, have always been a fundamental part of human society. Developed at different ways and at different times, such systems have provided a foundation for science, technology, economy, and new ways of engaging with and understanding the world. This volume aims to explore the background to numbers and measurements in more detail by drawing together specialists from a growing field of research. The contributions gathered here offer new and interdisciplinary insights into how the development of mathematical ideas and systems evolved, early metrological systems, the exchange of goods and their impact, the standardization of measuring tools, and the impact of such concepts. This unique volume is deliberately set broad, both geographically and chronologically, in order to compare and contrast changes over time and between peoples, and in doing so it sheds new light on the social and scientific developments among both prehistoric and early historic societies.
- Edited by Philippe Della Casa
- Edited by Aleksander Dzbyński
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Counterfeits, Imitations, and Copies of Roman Imperial Denarii
Making and Faking Coins on Both Sides of the Limes
Volume 8
Proceedings of the XVI International Numismatic Congress, 11-16.09.2022, Warsaw
Vol. I. Greek Numismatics
Volume 10
Denarii beyond the Empire
Political and Cultural Perspectives on Roman Silver Coins in Barbaricum
Volume 17
Proceedings of the XVI International Numismatic Congress, 11- 16.09.2022, Warsaw
Vol. IV. Medals, Modern and General Numismatics
Volume 13
Proceedings of the XVI International Numismatic Congress, 11-16.09.2022, Warsaw
Vol. II. Roman Numismatics: 11.1 Coinage, 11.2 Circulation
Volume 11
Proceedings of the XVI International Numismatic Congress, 11-16.09.2022, Warsaw
Vol. III. Medieval Numismatics
Volume 12
From Coast to Coast
Current Archaeological Research on Cultural Exchange along and across the Baltic Sea
Volume 19
Archaeological Finds from the Main Town in Gdansk
A Catalogue from Excavations at Dlugi Targ and Powroznicza Street
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Toro Muerto, vol. I
A Catalogue of Iconographic Motifs in Rock Art / Un catálogo de motivos iconográficos del arte rupestre
Volume 20
Living with the Army II
The Results of Remote Sensing and Fieldwalking Surveys in Novae (Lower Moesia)
Volume 4
The Archaeology of War
Studies on Weapons of Barbarian Europe in the Roman and Migration Period
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