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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
J C Turner; Pieter van de Griend |
| ISBN: | 9810224699 9789810224691 9810236514 9789810236519 |
| OCLC Number: | 33243587 |
| Description: | xii, 448 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | 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 -- 5. The Peruvian Quipu -- 6. The Art of Chinese Knotwork: a Short History -- 7. Inuit Knots -- 8. Knots at Sea -- 9. A History of Life Support Knots -- 10. Studies on the Behaviour of Knots -- 11. A History of Topological Knot Theory -- 12. On Theories of Knots -- 13. Trambles -- 14. Crochet Work - History and Computer Applications -- 15. The History of Macrame -- 16. A History of Lace -- 17. Heraldic Knots -- 18. On the True Love Knot. |
| Series Title: | K & E series on knots and everything, v. 11. |
| Responsibility: | editors, J.C. Turner, P. van de Griend. |
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