Sticks, stones, and shadows : (Record no. 5076)

000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 03600cam a2200637 i 4500
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 1606243
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 190124s20012001okuab b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2001027175
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0806133422
Qualifying information (hardback)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
-- TR-IsMEF
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
041 0# - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code f-ua---
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library TR-IsMEF
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number DT63
Item number .I75 2001
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Isler, Martin,
Dates associated with a name 1926-,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Sticks, stones, and shadows :
Remainder of title building the Egyptian pyramids /
Statement of responsibility, etc. by Martin Isler ; foreword by Dieter Arnold.
264 1# - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Norman :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer University of Oklahoma Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2001.
264 4# - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture ©2001
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 352 pages :
Other physical details illustratiosn, maps ;
Dimensions 26 cm.
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term volume
Source rdacarrier
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-336) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc What do the pyramids of Egypt really represent? What could have driven so many to so great, and often so dangerous, an effort? Was the motivation religious or practical? Richly illustrated with more than 300 photographs and drawings, Sticks, Stones, and Shadows presents an entirely original approach to the subject of pyramid building. Unlike other books discussing these majestic structures, this book reveals the connection between devices that served both a practical need for survival and a spiritual belief in gods and goddesses. Few have closely examined Egyptian technologies and techniques from the origins of pyramid development to the step-by-step details of how the ground was leveled, how the site was oriented, and how the stone was raised and placed to meet at a distant point in the sky. Nevertheless, this is much more than a how-to-do-it book. Martin Isler also asks and answers questions virtually ignored for the last century. He discloses, for example, the ancient use of shadows--now denigrated to the ornamental back-yard sundial--but once an important tool for telling the height of an object, geographical directions, the seasons of the year, and the time of day. Isler also reinterprets the ancient "stretching of the cord" ceremony, which once was thought to have only religious significance but here is shown as the means of establishing the sides of a pyramid.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Pyramids
Geographic subdivision Egypt
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Pyramids
General subdivision Design and construction
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Arnold, Dieter,
Relator term author of foreword.
900 ## - EQUIVALENCE OR CROSS-REFERENCE-PERSONAL NAME [LOCAL, CANADA]
Personal name MEF Üniversitesi Kütüphane katalog kayıtları RDA standartlarına uygun olarak üretilmektedir / MEF University Library Catalogue Records are Produced Compatible by RDA Rules
910 ## - USER-OPTION DATA (OCLC)
User-option data Pandora
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha item type Books
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Contents.
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Foreword,
Pages ix.
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Preface,
Pages xi.
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Acknowledgments,
Pages xiii.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 1.
Title of a work Mountains of the sun,
Pages 3.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 2.
Title of a work Egypt,
Pages 36.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 3.
Title of a work Early monuments,
Pages 64.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 4.
Title of a work Step pyramids,
Pages 90.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 5.
Title of a work The true pyramid,
Pages 111.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 6.
Title of a work The gnomon,
Pages 135.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 7.
Title of a work Orientation,
Pages 157.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 8.
Title of a work Preparing the site,
Pages 175.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 9.
Title of a work The nucleus,
Pages 196.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 10.
Title of a work Gathering material,
Pages 222.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 11.
Title of a work Building the nucleus,
Pages 245.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 12.
Title of a work The second stage,
Pages 267.
970 11 - REFERENCES
Chapters 13.
Title of a work The final building stage,
Pages 287.
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Abbreviatons,
Pages 309.
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Notes,
Pages 311.
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Glossary,
Pages 323.
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Bibliography,
Pages 327.
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Illustration sources,
Pages 337.
970 01 - REFERENCES
unimportant Title Index,
Pages 341.
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field KOHA
Holdings
Not for loan