03653nam 2200649 450 991046092750332120211109143708.01-4725-1959-0(CKB)3710000000346527(EBL)1936316(SSID)ssj0001432035(PQKBManifestationID)11798780(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432035(PQKBWorkID)11387865(PQKB)11711989(MiAaPQ)EBC1936316(Au-PeEL)EBL1936316(CaPaEBR)ebr11015251(CaONFJC)MIL752456(OCoLC)902957985(EXLCZ)99371000000034652720150210e20132012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAncient Egyptian technology and innovation transformations in pharaonic material culture /Ian ShawLondon, England ;New York, New York :Bloomsbury Academic,2013.©20121 online resource (215 p.)BCP EgyptologyDescription based upon print version of record.1-336-21170-9 0-7156-3118-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 process7. Chariot production: technical choice and socio-political change8. 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 termsThis book examines the fundamental evidence for many different aspects of change and evolution in ancient Egyptian technology. It includes discussion of the wider cognitive and social contexts, such as the Egyptian propensity for mental creativity and innovation, and the pace of change in Egypt in comparison with other African, Mediterranean and Near Eastern states. 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. Case-studies analyse thoseBCP EgyptologyTechnologyEgyptHistoryTo 1500Technological innovationsEgyptHistoryTo 1500Material cultureEgyptEgyptCivilizationTo 332 B.CElectronic books.TechnologyHistoryTechnological innovationsHistoryMaterial culture600Shaw Ian259457MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460927503321Ancient Egyptian technology and innovation1896239UNINA