The first writing : script invention as history and process /
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Call Number: P211 .F57 2004
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| 100 | 1 | |a Houston, Stephen D., |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The first writing : |b script invention as history and process / |c [edited by] Stephen D. Houston. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cambridge, UK ; |a New York, NY : |b Cambridge University Press, |c 2004. | |
| 300 | |a xvii, 417 pages : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 26 cm. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [354]-394) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 / Françoise Bottéro -- 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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Writing |x History. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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