{"product_id":"ancient-egyptian-technology-by-shaw-ian-author-on-oct212010-paperback-9780715631188","title":"Ancient Egyptian Technology by Shaw Ian  Author  ON Oct212010 Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Archaeology, University of Chester, UK.  His books include \u003ci\u003eEgyptology: A Very Short Introduction \u003c\/i\u003e(2004) and \u003ci\u003eHatnub: Quarrying Travertine in Ancient Egypt \u003c\/i\u003e(2008).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a readable and thought-provoking volume from which students and professional Egyptologists will benefit. The use of theory is welcome, but the main impact of the book is its continuation of the theme of establishing an \"Egyptological\" theory of materials and technology. -- Paul T. Nicholson, Cardiff University, UK * The Historian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Acknowledgements  List of illustrations  Chronology  Introduction: towards an explicitly anthropological analysis of technological change and innovation in ancient Egypt  Analysing Egyptian Technological Dynamics - was Egyptian technology underpinned and framed by 'science'?  Writing: human communication as social technology  Medicine, Magic and Pharmacy: the fusion of science and religion  Stone-working: the synthesis of traditional chaînes opératoires and ideological innovations  Mummification and Glass-working: issues of definition and process  Chariot Production: technical choice and socio-political change  Military Hardware: the east Mediterranean knowledge economy and the emergence of the Iron Age in Egypt  Technology Embedded in Urban Society: finding the individual in the general  Conclusion  Appendix 1: Measuring space  Appendix 2: Measuring time  Appendix 3: Astronomy and astrology  Abbreviations  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767948476759,"sku":"9780715631188","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780715631188.jpg?v=1758715635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ancient-egyptian-technology-by-shaw-ian-author-on-oct212010-paperback-9780715631188","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}