Richard Mattessich
Biographic Data
| ID | 1042640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Mattessich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Mattessich |
| SIGNATURE | MATTESSICH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Two Hundred Years of Accounting Research
Recent Insights Into Mesopotamian Accounting of the 3rd Millennium b.c . — Successor to Token Accounting
This paper examines from an accounting perspective recent work by Nissen et al. [1993], here regarded as an extension of the archaeological research of Schmandt-Besserat [1977, 1992] and its analysis by Mattessich [1987, 1994]. The transition from the 4th millennium b.c. to the 3rd millennium b.c. featured the use of protocuneiform and cuneiform accounting techniques to replace the older token accounting. This research reinforces the previously m…
Archaeology of accounting and Schmandt-Besserat's contribution
The publication of Denise Schmandt-Besserat's book Before Writing (1992, vols I and II) is the occasion for first reviewing her archaeological work (see Part I), and then interpreting and commenting on it from an accountant's point of view, emphasizing further evidence that a kind of double entry recording existed 5,000 years ago (see Part II). Schmandt-Besserat recognized that ‘tokens’ (small clay counters) constitute an accounting system, widel…
Prehistoric Accounting and the Problem of Representation
Recent archeological research offers revolutionary insight about the precursor of abstract counting and pictographic as well as ideographic writing. This precursor was a data processing system in which simple (and later complex) clay tokens of various shapes were aggregated in hollow clay receptacles or envelopes (and later sealed string systems) to represent symbolically assets and economic transactions. Scores of such tokens (the recent explana…
Accounting and Analytical Methods
Accounting and Analytical Methods
Prehistoric Accounting and the Problem of Representation
Recent archeological research offers revolutionary insight about the precursor of abstract counting and pictographic as well as ideographic writing. This precursor was a data processing system in which simple (and later complex) clay tokens of various shapes were aggregated in hollow clay receptacles or envelopes (and later sealed string systems) to represent symbolically assets and economic transactions. Scores of such tokens (the recent explana…
Archaeology of accounting and Schmandt-Besserat's contribution
The publication of Denise Schmandt-Besserat's book Before Writing (1992, vols I and II) is the occasion for first reviewing her archaeological work (see Part I), and then interpreting and commenting on it from an accountant's point of view, emphasizing further evidence that a kind of double entry recording existed 5,000 years ago (see Part II). Schmandt-Besserat recognized that ‘tokens’ (small clay counters) constitute an accounting system, widel…
Recent Insights Into Mesopotamian Accounting of the 3rd Millennium b.c . — Successor to Token Accounting
This paper examines from an accounting perspective recent work by Nissen et al. [1993], here regarded as an extension of the archaeological research of Schmandt-Besserat [1977, 1992] and its analysis by Mattessich [1987, 1994]. The transition from the 4th millennium b.c. to the 3rd millennium b.c. featured the use of protocuneiform and cuneiform accounting techniques to replace the older token accounting. This research reinforces the previously m…
Accounting and Analytical Methods
Accounting and Analytical Methods
Prehistoric Accounting and the Problem of Representation
Recent archeological research offers revolutionary insight about the precursor of abstract counting and pictographic as well as ideographic writing. This precursor was a data processing system in which simple (and later complex) clay tokens of various shapes were aggregated in hollow clay receptacles or envelopes (and later sealed string systems) to represent symbolically assets and economic transactions. Scores of such tokens (the recent explana…
Archaeology of accounting and Schmandt-Besserat's contribution
The publication of Denise Schmandt-Besserat's book Before Writing (1992, vols I and II) is the occasion for first reviewing her archaeological work (see Part I), and then interpreting and commenting on it from an accountant's point of view, emphasizing further evidence that a kind of double entry recording existed 5,000 years ago (see Part II). Schmandt-Besserat recognized that ‘tokens’ (small clay counters) constitute an accounting system, widel…
Recent Insights Into Mesopotamian Accounting of the 3rd Millennium b.c . — Successor to Token Accounting
This paper examines from an accounting perspective recent work by Nissen et al. [1993], here regarded as an extension of the archaeological research of Schmandt-Besserat [1977, 1992] and its analysis by Mattessich [1987, 1994]. The transition from the 4th millennium b.c. to the 3rd millennium b.c. featured the use of protocuneiform and cuneiform accounting techniques to replace the older token accounting. This research reinforces the previously m…
Two Hundred Years of Accounting Research
Accounting (5 works) · Accounting (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works)