This text brings together 20 essays on diverse topics in the history and science of knots. It is divided into five parts, which deal respectively with knots in prehistory and antiquity, non-European traditions, working knots, the developing science of knots, and decorative and o…
Pt. I. Prehistory and antiquity. 1. Pleistocene knotting. 2. Why knot? - Some speculations on the earliest knots. 3. On knots and swamps-knots in European prehistory. 4. Ancient Egyptian rope and knots -- pt. II. Non-European traditions. 5. The Peruvian Quipu. 6. The art of Chin…
This book brings together twenty essays on diverse topics in the history and science of knots. It is divided into five parts, which deal respectively with knots in prehistory and antiquity, non-European traditions, working knots, the developing science of knots, and decorative a…