How writing came about
In 1992, the University of Texas Press published Before Writing, Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform and Before Writing, Volume II: A Catalog of Near Eastern Tokens. In these two volumes, Denise Schmandt-Besserat set forth her groundbreaking theory that the cuneiform script invented in the Near Eas...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Austin
University of Texas Press
1996
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| In: | Year: 1996 |
| Reviews: | Denise Schmandt-Besserat How Writing came about (1998) (Contenson, Henri de)
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| Edition: | 1. ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Writing
/ History
B Writing / Pre- and early history |
| Further subjects: | B
Writing
History
B Middle East Antiquities B Tokens Middle East |
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| Summary: | In 1992, the University of Texas Press published Before Writing, Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform and Before Writing, Volume II: A Catalog of Near Eastern Tokens. In these two volumes, Denise Schmandt-Besserat set forth her groundbreaking theory that the cuneiform script invented in the Near East in the late fourth millennium B.C. - the world's oldest known system of writing - derived from anarchaic counting device. How Writing Came About draws material from both volumes to present Schmandt-Besserat's theory for a wide public and classroom audience. Based on the analysis and interpretation of a selection of 8,000 tokens or counters from 116 sites in Iran, Iraq, the Levant, and Turkey, it documents the immediate precursor of the cuneiform script |
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| Item Description: | Abridged edition of Before writing, volume I: From counting to cuneiform"--T.p. verso Includes index |
| Physical Description: | 193 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0-292-77704-3 978-0-292-77704-0 |
