What´s New In History - Did Accountants Build Civilization?
About this episode
The episode discusses the role of numeracy and early accounting in the development of urban society with archaeologist Dr. William Hafford.
This week on What's New in History, I sit down with archaeologist Dr. William Hafford to discuss his fascinating paper, Countdown to Cities: Numeracy and the Development of Urban Society. Could something as simple as counting have helped create the world's first cities? We explore the origins of numeracy, clay tokens, early accounting, the birth of writing, and how archaeology allows us to reconstruct humanity's distant past. Along the way, Bill also shares what it's really like to work as an archaeologist and how new discoveries continue to reshape our understanding of early civilization. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO WHAT'S NEW IN HISTORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@whatsnewinhistory This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. Contact information: E-mail: zimwaupodcast@gmail.com http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/ Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Dan Hörning, Bernie Maopolski
Guest: Dr. William Hafford
Topics covered
- archaeology
- numeracy
- urban society
- early civilization
- accounting
- history
Keywords
- archaeology
- numeracy
- urban development
- early accounting
- history
- civilization
- clay tokens
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: What's New in History, Acast, Creative Commons, ccmixter
Books & works: Countdown to Cities: Numeracy and the Development of Urban Society
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