When does a continuum become a divide? This book investigates the
genetic relationship between Linear A and Linear B, two Bronze Age
scripts attested on Crete and Mainland Greece and understood to
have developed one out of the other. By using an interdisciplinary
methodology, this research integrates linguistic, epigraphic,
palaeographic and archaeological evidence, and places the writing
practice in its sociohistorical setting. By challenging traditional
views, this work calls into question widespread assumptions and
interpretative schemes on the relationship between these two
scripts, and opens up new perspectives on the ideology associated
with the retention, adaptation and transmission of a script, and
how identity was negotiated at a moment of closer societal
interaction between Cretans and Greek-speaking Mainlanders in the
Late Bronze Age. By delving deeper into the structure and inner
workings of these two writing systems, this book will make us
rethink the relationship between Linear A and B.
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