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Before Writing, Vol. I - From Counting to Cuneiform (Paperback)
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Before Writing, Vol. I - From Counting to Cuneiform (Paperback)
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A fascinating book on the origins of writing. Before Writing gives
a new perspective on the evolution of communication. It points out
that when writing began in Mesopotamia it was not, as previously
thought, a sudden and spontaneous invention. Instead, it was the
outgrowth of many thousands of years' worth of experience at
manipulating symbols. In Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform,
Denise Schmandt-Besserat describes how in about 8000 B.C.,
coinciding with the rise of agriculture, a system of counters, or
tokens, appeared in the Near East. These tokens-small,
geometrically shaped objects made of clay-represented various units
of goods and were used to count and account for them. The token
system was a breakthrough in data processing and communication that
ultimately led to the invention of writing about 3100 B.C. Through
a study of archaeological and epigraphic evidence,
Schmandt-Besserat traces how the Sumerian cuneiform script, the
first writing system, emerged from a counting device. In Volume II:
A Catalog of Near Eastern Tokens, Schmandt-Besserat presents the
primary data on which she bases her theories. These data consist of
several thousand tokens, catalogued by country, archaeological
site, and token types and subtypes. The information also includes
the chronology, stratigraphy, museum ownership, accession or field
number, references to previous publications, material, and size of
the artifacts. Line drawings and photographs illustrate the various
token types.
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