Project Gutenberg 2021-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 565 Nilsson, Martin P. (Martin Persson) 1874 1967 Nilsson, Martin Persson Fielden, F. J. 1882 Fielden, Frederick Joshua 21016502 Primitive Time-reckoning A study in the origins and first development of the art of counting time among the primitive and early culture peoples Skrifter utgivna av Humanistiska vetenskapssamfundet i Lund ... 1 Turgut Dincer, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Primitive Time-reckoning" by Martin P. Nilsson is a scholarly publication written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the origins and initial development of timekeeping among primitive and early cultures, investigating the various methodologies and units utilized by different peoples in tracking the passage of time. Nilsson’s study offers insights into how concepts of day, month, and year evolved from concrete natural observations into abstract numerical systems used for timekeeping. The opening of the book sets the framework for this exploration by discussing the fundamental necessity of understanding primitive time-reckoning through comparative ethnological methods. Nilsson emphasizes that the development of calendar systems emerged from concrete, observable phenomena such as the movements of celestial bodies and natural seasonal changes, rather than being derived exclusively from technological advancements. He introduces the concept that the day, as experienced by primitive societies, is often divided into recognizable parts, based on cyclic events in nature, thereby laying the groundwork for further discussions on how various cultures structured their time-defining practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Chronology CE Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 1245385 2025-09-25T12:51:32.666645 text/html 1207202 2024-10-18T11:48:04 text/html 647882 2025-09-25T12:51:51.396067 application/epub+zip 657793 2025-09-25T12:51:36.400616 application/epub+zip 482833 2025-09-25T12:51:34.585677 application/epub+zip 1004128 2025-09-25T12:52:01.054995 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 941121 2025-09-25T12:51:49.422051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 767190 2022-09-29T07:13:30.471838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 922817 2025-09-25T12:51:30.049723 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 903096 2024-10-18T11:48:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17173 2025-09-25T12:52:01.224030 application/rdf+xml 19305 2025-09-25T12:51:34.838623 image/jpeg 2622 2025-09-25T12:51:34.712648 image/jpeg 603406 2025-09-25T12:51:32.746656 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia sv.wikipedia