"BA" Guide to Artifacts: Tokens & Counting
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biblical Archaeologist
- Vol. 46 (2) , 117-120
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3209650
Abstract
In the Middle East between 8000 and 3100 B.C., tokens were used as counters in ancient data-processing systems. The study of these tokens has yielded new insights into the development of cognitive skills during the last phase of prehistory.Keywords
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