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The first writing : script invention as history and process / [edited by] Stephen D. Houston.

Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: xvii, 417 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0521838614
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P211 F57 2004
Contents:
Overture to The first writing / Stephen D. Houston -- The possibilty and actuality of writing / John S. Robertson -- Writing systems: a case study in cultural evolution / Bruce G. Trigger -- Babylonian beginnings: the origin of the cuneiform writing system in comparative perspective / Jerrold S. Cooper -- The state of decipherment of proto-Elamite / Robert K. Englund -- The earliest Egyptian writing: development, context, purpose / John Baines -- Anyang writing and the origin of the Chinese writing system / Robert W. Bagley -- Writing on shell and bone in Shang China / Francoise Bottero -- Reasons for runes / Henrik Williams -- Writing in early Mesoamerica / Stephen D. Houston -- Beyond writing / Elizabeth Hill Boone -- Final thoughts on first writing / Stephen D. Houston.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library P211, F57 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 2250

Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-394) and index.

Overture to The first writing / Stephen D. Houston -- The possibilty and actuality of writing / John S. Robertson -- Writing systems: a case study in cultural evolution / Bruce G. Trigger -- Babylonian beginnings: the origin of the cuneiform writing system in comparative perspective / Jerrold S. Cooper -- The state of decipherment of proto-Elamite / Robert K. Englund -- The earliest Egyptian writing: development, context, purpose / John Baines -- Anyang writing and the origin of the Chinese writing system / Robert W. Bagley -- Writing on shell and bone in Shang China / Francoise Bottero -- Reasons for runes / Henrik Williams -- Writing in early Mesoamerica / Stephen D. Houston -- Beyond writing / Elizabeth Hill Boone -- Final thoughts on first writing / Stephen D. Houston.

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