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The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process

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Availability:In StockContributor:Stephen D. Houston (Editor)Publish date:2008-03-24Pages:436
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521728263ISBN-10:521728266UPC:9780521728263Book Category:Social Science, History, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Archaeology, Ancient, Alphabets & Writing SystemsSize:9.86 x 6.91 x 1.06 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SC2CV7V7M3
Although ancient writing offers our first glimpse of history, people and institutions, its origins remain mysterious. This book presents the most up-to-date analysis of the origins of ancient writing. Studying often neglected writing systems, such as those of Mesoamerica, leading scholars collectively discuss how these scripts came into existence and developed during their first centuries of use. Egypt, Mesopotamia, Elamite, Mesoamerica and the Maya, Shang and Runic are represented.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521728263ISBN-10:521728266UPC:9780521728263Book Category:Social Science, History, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Archaeology, Ancient, Alphabets & Writing SystemsSize:9.86 x 6.91 x 1.06 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SC2CV7V7M3
Houston, Stephen D.: - Stephen Houston is Professor of Anthropology at Brown University, Rhode Island. A scholar of the ancient Maya in Mexico and Central America, he is the author of many books on the Maya, most recently The Memory of Bones: Body, Being and Experience among the Classic Maya (with David Stuart and Taube, 2010).
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