Damerow, Peter

 

  • Institution: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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  • Birth Year: 1939
  • Death Year: 2011
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This profile was last modified on 2026-08-02 at 15:59:38
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Biography and Research

Name:

Damerow, Peter

Dates:

20 December 1939 - 20 November 2011

Birthplace:

Berlin, Germany

Specialisation:

History of Science, Assyriology

Major works:

Abstraction and Representation: Essays on the cultural evolution of thinking, Kluwer 1995; Changing Views on Ancient Near Eastern Mathematics, Berliner Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient vol. 19, Dietrich Reimer 2001 (with Jens Høyrup); Informationsverarbeitung vor 5000 Jahren: Frühe Schrift und Techniken der Wirtschaftsverwaltung im alten Vorderen Orient, Hildesheim, Franzbecker 2004 (with Hans J. Nissen & Robert K. Englund; engl. trans. and update: Archaic Bookkeeping: Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient Near East, University of Chicago Press 1993); The Proto-Elamite Texts from Tepe Yahya, Cambridge, Mass., 1989 (with Robert K. Englund); "The Material Culture of Calculation: A Theoretical Framework for a Historical Epistemology of the Concept of Number," in Uwe Gellert, Eva Jablonka, eds., Mathematisation and Demathematisation : Social, Philosophical and Educational Ramifications, Rotterdam, Sense Publ., 2006 publ. 2007; "Die Rolle des Werkzeugs bei der Ausbildung der Mechanik als Wissenschaft," in Renate Wahsner, ed., Hegel und das Mechanistische Weltbild, Frankfurt a.M. 2005 (with Gideon Freudenthal, Jürgen Renn & Peter McLaughlin); Exploring the Limits of Preclassical Mechanics: A Study of Conceptual Development in Early Modern Science, Springer, 2004; Rechenstein, Experiment, Sprache, Klett-Cotta 1981 (with Wolfgang Lefevre)

Remarks:

PhD in mathematics at the University of Bielefeld 1977 (Die Reform der Lehrpläne für den Mathematikunterricht der Sekundarstufe I in den Ländern der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1963-1974); 1980's, Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, with focus on cognitive psychology and the development of the concept of number; 1994 Habilitation, University of Constance; 1997-2011 Research Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin

Obituaries:

http://damerow.mpiwg.de/doku.php/obituary

Varia:

MPIWG memorial page

note rke April 2005

Publications

Damerow, Peter, and Robert K. Englund. 1989. The Proto-Elamite Texts from Tepe Yahya. Bulletin / American School of Prehistoric Research, Peabody Museum, Harvard University 39. Cambridge, Mass: Peabody Museum of Archaeology. [BASPR 39 (Damerow1989-3MNL5RF9)]

Damerow, Peter, Robert K. Englund, and Hans J. Nissen. 1989. “Zur Rechnergestützten Bearbeitung Der Archaischen Texte Aus Mesopotamien (ca. 3200-3000 v.Chr.).” Mitteilungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft Zu Berlin 121: 139–52. [MDOG 121, 151 ((c) Vs.) (Damerow1989MDOG121)]

Damerow, Peter, and Robert K. Englund. 1989. Proto-Elamite Texts from Tepe Yahya. Harvard University Press. [Yahya (Damerow1989Yahya)]

Damerow, Peter, Robert K. Englund, and Hans J. Nissen. 1991. “Indrukken in Klei. Het Begin van Het Getal.” Natuur En Techniek 59/9: 696–707. [Natuur en techniek 59/9, p.696-707 (Damerow1991)]

Damerow, Peter, and Hans-Peter Meinzer. 1995. [Damerow BagM 26, 7-33 (Damerow1995)]

Damerow, Peter. 2012. “Sumerian Beer: The Origins of Brewing Technology in Ancient Mesopotamia.” Cuneiform Digital Library Journal 2012 (2): 1–20. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/articles/cdlj/2012-2. [Damerow CDLJ 2012/002 fig. 1 (Damerow2021Beer)]

Englund, Robert K., Hans J. Nissen, and Peter Damerow. 1993. Die Lexikalischen Listen Der Archaischen Texte Aus Uruk. Ausgrabungen Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Uruk-Warka 13. Berlin: Gebr. Mann. [ADFU 13 (Englund1993-V33RHF3H)]

Nissen, Hans J., Peter Damerow, and Robert K. Englund. 1993. Archaic Bookkeeping: Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient near East. [Archaic Bookkeeping (Englund1993Bookkeeping)]

Englund, Robert K., and Peter Damerow. Unpublished. “Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients. Band 3.” [MSVO 3 (Englund2018MSVO3)]

Nissen, Hans J., Peter Damerow, and Robert K. Englund. 1991. Frühe Schrift Und Techniken Der Wirtschaftsverwaltung Im Alten Vorderen Orient. Informationsspeicherung Und -Verarbeitung Vor 5000 Jahren. Franzbecker. [Frühe Schrift (Nissen1991FrüheSchrift)]


Total 10 record(s)

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Cite this Author

CDLI contributors. 2026. “Damerow, Peter - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. October 10, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/143.
CDLI contributors. (2026, October 10). Damerow, Peter - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/143
CDLI contributors (2026) Damerow, Peter - Authors, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/authors/143 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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Cite this Author

CDLI contributors. 2026. “Damerow, Peter - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. October 10, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/143.
CDLI contributors. (2026, October 10). Damerow, Peter - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/143
CDLI contributors (2026) Damerow, Peter - Authors, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/authors/143 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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