CS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neolithic, Quipu, Pictogram
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5 sources 3 academic: publisher books published by a recognized university press, documentation how the author(s) documents sources: includes detailed in-text citations or footnotes, bibliography, author scholarly author = recognized expert. Ancient data storage & documentation media: neanderthals and tallies, neolithic era and tokens. Incan empire and quipu: ancient sumer and cuneiform & clay, ancient egypt and papyrus & hieroglyphics. Dominated the earth due to development of tools. Any object that helps us complete a task that could not be completed without. The stone ages: paleo to neolithic (dates differ by location: middle paleolithic. Grave sites : first time tools were used to express emotions or ritualistic views: upper paleo & mesolithic. Tallies: notched bones way to keep track of numbers (cid:862)first data pro(cid:272)essi(cid:374)g(cid:863) chapter 1. Do(cid:374)"t tra(cid:374)s(cid:373)it (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)epts, (cid:271)ut tra(cid:374)s(cid:373)it data: pebbles. Symbols vs sign: a symbol is anything which is shorthand for anything else, a sign has a narrow precise unambiguous meaning medical bracelet.
