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How writing came about
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- Book Synopsis
- Top 100 Books on Science, American Scientist, 2001In 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 an archaic 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.
- About The Author
- Denise Schmandt-Besserat is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780292777040
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press, (01 February 1997)
- Number of Pages
- 193
- Weight
- 399 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 254 x 178 x 13 mm
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