{"product_id":"the-materiality-of-numbers-emergence-and-elaboration-from-prehistory-to-present-hardback-9781009361248","title":"The Materiality of Numbers; Emergence and Elaboration from Prehistory to Present (Hardback) 9781009361248","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Materiality of Numbers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEmergence and Elaboration from Prehistory to Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book addresses the material devices used to represent and manipulate numerical concepts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKarenleigh A. Overmann (Author), Tom Wynn (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009361248, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 May 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e350 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.762 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a book about numbers – what they are as concepts and how and why they originate – as viewed through the material devices used to represent and manipulate them. Fingers, tallies, tokens, and written notations, invented in both ancestral and contemporary societies, explain what numbers are, why they are the way they are, and how we get them. Overmann is the first to explore how material devices contribute to numerical thinking, initially by helping us to visualize and manipulate the perceptual experience of quantity that we share with other species. She explores how and why numbers are conceptualized and then elaborated, as well as the central role that material objects play in both processes. Overmann's volume thus offers a view of numerical cognition that is based on an alternative set of assumptions about numbers, their material component, and the nature of the human mind and thinking.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Numbers in a nutshell\u003cbr\u003e 2. Converging perspectives on numbers\u003cbr\u003e 3. The brain in numbers\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bodies and behaviors\u003cbr\u003e 5. Language in numbers\u003cbr\u003e 6. Global and regional patterns\u003cbr\u003e 7. Materiality in numbers\u003cbr\u003e 8. Materiality in cognition\u003cbr\u003e 9. Making quantity tangible and manipulable\u003cbr\u003e 10. Tallies and other devices that accumulate\u003cbr\u003e 11. Interpreting prehistoric artifacts\u003cbr\u003e 12. Devices that accumulate and group\u003cbr\u003e 13. Handwritten notations\u003cbr\u003e 14. The materiality of numbers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Prehistoric archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Prehistoric archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Prehistoric%20archaeology%20%5BHDDA%5D%22\"\u003eHDDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265434112280,"sku":"9781009361248","price":84.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781009361248i.jpg?v=1692022856","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-materiality-of-numbers-emergence-and-elaboration-from-prehistory-to-present-hardback-9781009361248","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}