Savage numbers and the evolution of civilization in Victorian prehistory

This paper identifies ‘savage numbers’ – number-like or number-replacing concepts and practices attributed to peoples viewed as civilizationally inferior – as a crucial and hitherto unrecognized body of evidence in the first two decades of the Victorian science of prehistory. It traces the changing...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The British journal for the history of science 2014-06, Vol.47 (2), p.239-255
1. Verfasser:	BARANY, MICHAEL J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anecdotes Anthropology, Cultural - history Arithmetic British Civilization Cultural Evolution Evolution Evolutionary anthropology Evolutionary biology Extreme values Galton, Francis Heart Historiography History of medicine and histology History of science History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Human Human origins Humanity Humans Men Number systems Numbers Numerals Prehistoric era Prehistoric man Prehistory Racism Savage numbers Social evolution United Kingdom Victorian Victorian Age Victorian period
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