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This volume presents a series of reflections on modes of
communication in the Bronze Age Aegean, drawing on papers presented
at two round table workshops of the Sheffield Centre for Aegean
Archaeology on 'Technologies of Representation' and 'Writing and
Non-Writing in the Bronze Age Aegean'. Each was designed to capture
current developments in these interrelated research areas and also
to help elide boundaries between 'science-based' and
'humanities-based' approaches, and between those focused on written
communication (especially its content) and those interested in
broader modes of communication. Contributions are arranged
thematically in three groups: the first concerns primarily
non-written communication, the third mainly written communication,
while the second blurs this somewhat arbitrary distinction. Topics
in the first group include how ritual architecture is represented
in the Knossos wall-paintings; a re-interpretation of the
'Harvester Vase' from Ayia Triada; the use of colour in
wall-paintings at Late Bronze Age Pylos; the use of painted media
to represent depictions in other (lost) media such as cloth; and
re-readings of Aegean representations of warfare and of the
sequence of grave stelae at Mycenae. In the second group Linear B
texts and archaeological data are used to explore further the
colour palette used at Pylos, how people were represented
diacritically through taste and smell, and how different qualities
of time were expressed both textually and materially; the roles of
images in Aegean scripts, complemented by a Peircian analysis of
early Cretan writing; and a consideration of the complementary role
of (non-literate) sealing and (literate) writing practices. Topics
in the third group range from defining Aegean writing itself,
through the contexts for literacy and how the Linear B script
represented language, to a historical exploration of early attempts
at deciphering Linear B.
This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be
held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March
2004. While the invention and decipherment of writing systems have
long been focuses of research, their eclipse or replacement have
been little studied. Because writing is so important in many
cultures and civilizations, its disappearance - followed by a
period without it or by replacement by a different writing system -
is of almost equal significance to invention as a mark of radical
change. Probably more writing systems have disappeared than
survived in the last five thousand years. Case studies from the Old
and New Worlds are presented, ranging over periods from the first
millennium BC to the present. In order to address many types of
transmission, the broadest possible definition of 'writing' is
used, notably including Mexican pictography and the Andean khipu
system. One chapter discusses the larger proportion of known human
societies which have not possessed complex material codes like
writing, offering an alternative perspective on the long-term
transmission of socially salient subjects. There is a concluding
essay that draws out common themes and offers an initial synthesis
of results. The volume offers a new perspective on approaches to
writing that will be significant for the understanding of writing
systems and their social functions, literacy, memory, and
high-cultural communication systems in general.
This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be
held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March
2004. While the invention and decipherment of writing systems have
long been focuses of research, their eclipse or replacement have
been little studied. Because writing is so important in many
cultures and civilizations, its disappearance - followed by a
period without it or by replacement by a different writing system -
is of almost equal significance to invention as a mark of radical
change. Probably more writing systems have disappeared than
survived in the last five thousand years. Case studies from the Old
and New Worlds are presented, ranging over periods from the first
millennium BC to the present. In order to address many types of
transmission, the broadest possible definition of 'writing' is
used, notably including Mexican pictography and the Andean khipu
system.One chapter discusses the larger proportion of known human
societies which have not possessed complex material codes like
writing, offering an alternative perspective on the long-term
transmission of socially salient subjects. A concluding essay draws
out common themes and offers an initial synthesis of results. This
volume offers a new perspective on approaches to writing that will
be significant for the understanding of writing systems and their
social functions, literacy, memory, and high-cultural communication
systems in general.
This book represents an innovative collaborative approach to the
study of a particular region of the Ottoman empire, the
southwestern Peloponnese (or Morea), Greece. It combines the study
of unpublished Ottoman documents, other historical sources, and the
results of diachronic archaeological fieldwork in an examination of
the historical and economic geography of the Morea in the early
18th century, the period immediately following the Ottoman
reconquest of this region from Venice. Central to the book is a
translation of the section of an Ottoman cadastral survey "(defter)
listing in great detail properties in the district "(kaza) of
Anavarin (Navarino, modern Pylos). An introductory chapter outlines
the history and methodology of the research project, while the
translation is followed by chapters that provide a broader context,
drawing on other sources for the information contained in the
document and the principles behind its composition. A final chapter
summarizes the conclusions drawn from the research, and a series of
appendixes offer additional detail, including concordances of the
personal- and place-names, an index of properties described,
narrative histories of the two fortresses in the region and a new
English translation of the Anavarin section of the 17th-century
Turkish traveler Evliya elebi's "Seyahatname (Travel Book). A
CD-ROM with a facsimile of the document itself and color versions
of all illustrations is also included.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Home Produce, Imports, Consumption And Price Of Wheat Over 40
Harvest-years, 1852-3 To 1891-2 John Bennet Lawes, Joseph Henry
Gilbert Spottiswoode, 1893 Technology & Engineering;
Agriculture; Agronomy; Crop Science; Technology & Engineering /
Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science; Technology & Engineering
/ Agriculture / General; Wheat
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Report Of Experiments Undertaken By Order Of The Board Of
Trade To Determine The Relative Values Of Unmalted And Malted
Barley As Food For Stock: Presented In Both Houses Of Parliament By
Command Of Her Majesty John Bennet Lawes Printed by Eyre &
Spottiswoode for HMSO, 1868 Technology & Engineering;
Agriculture; General; Barley; Nature / Plants; Technology &
Engineering / Agriculture / General
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