Chrisomalis, Stephen
Reckonings : numerals, cognition, and history
- London : MIT Press, 2020
- xvii, 245 p. ; ill., 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An anthropological exploration of evolving number systems and how they are used, and eventually displace, by newer number systems.
9780262044639
Number concept
Reckonings
Cognition
Abacus
Cherokeenumber words
Babylonian sexagesimal numerals
Body-Counting system
Cultural transmission
Diachronic analysis
Ethnocentrism
Finger reckoning
Frequency dependent bias
Greek acrophonic numerals
India
Italy
Lingiistic anthropology
Maya numerals
Numerical notation
Particularism
Roman numerals
Sexagesimal- numeration
Syllabic writing
Tamil numerals
Universalism
Vigesimal numeration
Western numerals
Zero
Chezokee numbers
Sequoyah numerals
513.509 / CHR