Description: Further DetailsTitle: Bookkeeping without Writing: Early Administrative Technologies in ContextCondition: NewSubtitle: Proceedings of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) Postdoctoral Fellow First Annual Conference, 5th and 6th February 2021EAN: 9789042949768ISBN: 9789042949768Publisher: Peeters PublishersFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/31/2023Description: Bookkeeping without Writing: Early Administrative Technologies in Context explores how non-literate systems of information storage were used in the late prehistoric and early historic periods in West Asia, before and alongside writing. The world’s earliest known written script, cuneiform, emerged as the bureaucratic tool of administration in the city-states of south Mesopotamia during the late fourth millennium BC. The invention of writing had a profound impact on daily life, as it enabled the efficient management and control of agricultural production, craft production, labour, and rations as wages. Writing has traditionally been viewed as one of the hallmarks of ‘civilisation’, alongside features such as permanent urban settlements, monumental architecture, social hierarchy and the presence of political and religious institutions. Writing is seen as necessary for complex society to operate and succeed, yet is this really the case? Are there alternatives? Non-written forms of information storage and transmission are known in West Asia from the Late Neolithic (ca 6000 BC) onwards. Crucially, they continue to be used, once writing is established and widespread, so cannot be dismissed as simple, primitive and ineffective forms of administration simply supplanted by writing. In other world regions and time-periods, a variety of non-literate forms of information storage are known. There are large, successful, and complex societies which do not use writing at all, instead thriving with alternative forms of information storage and transmission. This multidisciplinary book brings together papers from various specialists to explore how non-literate forms of information storage were used in West Asia from the Late Neolithic, and why they persisted into the first millennium BC. This is complimented by a range of comparative archaeological and historical examples of complex, non-written administrative systems from the ethnographic and historical record including ancient Egypt, Medieval Europe, Medieval West Africa and South America.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: BEGenre: HistoryTopic: Ancient HistoryBook Series: PIHANSContributor: L.E. Bennison-Chapman (Edited by)Author: L.E. Bennison-ChapmanRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Bookkeeping without Writing: Early Administrative Technologies in
Title: Bookkeeping without Writing: Early Administrative Technologies in
Subtitle: Proceedings of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO)
EAN: 9789042949768
ISBN: 9789042949768
Release Date: 12/31/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: BE
Genre: History
Topic: Ancient History
Contributor: L.E. Bennison-Chapman (Edited by)
Number of Pages: 290 Pages
Publication Name: Bookkeeping Without Writing : Early Administrative Technologies in Context: Proceedings of the Netherlands Institute for the near East (NINO) Postdoctoral Fellow First Annual Conference, 5th and 6th February 2021
Language: English
Publisher: Peeters Publishers & Booksellers
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Ancient / General, Commerce
Item Weight: 7.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10.6 in
Subject Area: Business & Economics, History
Author: Lucy E. Bennison-Chapman
Item Width: 7.9 in
Series: Pihans Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
