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Long before writing was developed, mankind may have realised and systematically used geometrical structures. Nature offers the eye multiple curved lines, and a blade of grass or a tree trunk can symbolise the thought of a straight line as well as the idea of a circle (as a cross-section). When weaving or braiding we generate simple two-dimensional patterns, which then are purposely modified or also replicated as decoration on clay pots.
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Scriba, C.J., Schreiber, P. (2015). The beginnings of geometrical representations and calculations. In: 5000 Years of Geometry. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0898-9_1
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