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Ancient Egyptian technology and innovation : transformations in pharaonic material culture / / Ian Shaw
| Ancient Egyptian technology and innovation : transformations in pharaonic material culture / / Ian Shaw |
| Autore | Shaw Ian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina | 600 |
| Collana | BCP Egyptology |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology - Egypt - History - To 1500
Technological innovations - Egypt - History - To 1500 Material culture - Egypt |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4725-1959-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 terms |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460927503321 |
Shaw Ian
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| London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ancient Egyptian technology and innovation : transformations in pharaonic material culture / / Ian Shaw
| Ancient Egyptian technology and innovation : transformations in pharaonic material culture / / Ian Shaw |
| Autore | Shaw Ian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina | 600 |
| Collana | BCP Egyptology |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology - Egypt - History - To 1500
Technological innovations - Egypt - History - To 1500 Material culture - Egypt |
| ISBN |
1-4725-1960-4
1-4725-1959-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 terms |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787427903321 |
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Shaw Ian
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| London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ancient Egyptian technology and innovation : transformations in pharaonic material culture / / Ian Shaw
| Ancient Egyptian technology and innovation : transformations in pharaonic material culture / / Ian Shaw |
| Autore | Shaw Ian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina | 600 |
| Collana | BCP Egyptology |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology - Egypt - History - To 1500
Technological innovations - Egypt - History - To 1500 Material culture - Egypt |
| ISBN |
1-4725-1960-4
1-4725-1959-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 terms |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816399703321 |
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Shaw Ian
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| London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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