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Bloomsbury
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Egypt, history, Technology, History, Technological innovations, Civilization, Material culture

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Table of Contents

Preface. Page vii
Acknowledgements. Page viii
List of illustrations. Page ix
Chronology. Page xiii
Chapter 1. Introduction: towards an explicitly anthropological analysis of technological change and innovation in ancient Egypt Page 1
Chapter 2. Analysing Egyptian technological dynamics: was Egyptian technology underpinned and framed by 'science'? Page 11
Chapter 3. Writing: human communication as social technology Page 24
Chapter 4. Medicine, magic and pharmacy: the fusion of science and art Page 39
Chapter 5. Stone-working: the synthesis of traditional chaines operatorires and ideological innovations Page 55
Chapter 6. Mummification and glass-working: issues of definition and process Page 77
Chapter 7. Chariot production: technical choice and socio-political change Page 92
Chapter 8. Military hardware: the east Mediterranean knowledge economy and the emergence of the Iron Age in Egypt Page 110
Chapter 9. Technology embedded in urban society: finding the individual in the general Page 127
Chapter 10. Conclusions Page 151
Appendix 1. Measuring space Page 157
Appendix 2. Measuring time Page 160
Appendix 3. Astronomy and astrology Page 163
Abbreviations. Page 167
Bibliography. Page 169
Index. Page 191
Ancient Egyptian terms Page 199
Assyrian terms Page 200

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2012

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T28, T16 .S53 2012

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Ian Shaw

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xiv, 200p.
Number of pages
216
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9.25 x 6.125 x .625 inches

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OL25892211M
ISBN 13
9780715631188
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436264452

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