How Writing Came About (Paperback, Abridged Ed)

Top 100 Books on Science, American Scientist, 2001 In 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.

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1997
First published:	1996
Authors:	Denise Schmandt-Besserat
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	207
Edition:	Abridged Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-292-77704-0
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Palaeography Promotions
LSN:	0-292-77704-3
Barcode:	9780292777040

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