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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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Austin
University of Texas Press
1996
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| Dans: | Année: 1996 |
| Recensions: | Denise Schmandt-Besserat How Writing came about (1998) (Contenson, Henri de)
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| Édition: | 1. ed. |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Écriture
/ Histoire
B Écriture / Préhistoire et protohistoire |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Writing
History
B Middle East Antiquities B Tokens Middle East |
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| Résumé: | 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 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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| Description: | Abridged edition of Before writing, volume I: From counting to cuneiform"--T.p. verso Includes index |
| ISBN: | 0292777043 |