The Uncertain Past: Probability in Ancient History

by Myles Lavan

Historians constantly wrestle with uncertainty, never more so than when attempting quantification, yet the field has given little attention to the nature of uncertainty and strategies for managing it. This volume proposes a powerful new approach to uncertainty in ancient history, drawing on techniques widely used in the social and natural sciences. It shows how probability-based techniques used to manage uncertainty about the future or the present...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009100653
• ISBN13: 9781009100656
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"