Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 327 g
Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 327 g
ISBN: 978-0-367-70627-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Based on an in-depth analysis of literature from a wide range of disciplines, including prehistory, archaeology, Assyriology, Egyptology, and Chinese and Mesoamerican studies, the book reflects the latest and most relevant historical scholarship. Drawing upon the author’s experience as a practitioner and scholar of records and archives and his extensive knowledge of archival theory and practice, the book embeds its account of the beginnings of recording practices in a conceptual framework largely derived from archival science. Unique both in its breadth of coverage and in its distinctive perspective on early record-making and record-keeping, the book provides the only updated and synoptic overview of early recording practices available worldwide.
Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies will be of interest to academics, researchers, and students engaged in the study of archival science, archival history, and the early history of human culture. The book will also appeal to practitioners of archives and records management interested in learning more about the origins of their profession.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Professional
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Prähistorische Epoche
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
- Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction; 1.How Records Began: Representation and Persistence; 2. Marks of Ownership and Sealing; 3: Records, Accounting, and the Emergence of Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia; 4. Records and Writing in Other Early Societies: Egypt, the Aegean, China, and the Americas; 5. Creating and Storing Written Records and Archives: The Proliferation of Records in South-west Asia, Egypt, and Greece; 6. Orality and Literacy: Confidence in Records; 7. Orality, Record-making, and Social Action; 8. Concluding Thoughts: Archival Science and Early Records