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" The first writing : "
[edited by] Stephen D. Houston.
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BL
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892156
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| Title & Author
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The first writing : : script invention as history and process /\ [edited by] Stephen D. Houston.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York, NY :: Cambridge University Press,, 2004.
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xvii, 417 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 26 cm
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0521838614
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: 9780521838610
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-394) and index.
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| Contents
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Overture to The first writing / Stephen D. Houston -- The possibilty and actuality of writing / John S. Robertson -- Writing systems: a case study in cultural evolution / Bruce G. Trigger -- Babylonian beginnings: the origin of the cuneiform writing system in comparative perspective / Jerrold S. Cooper -- The state of decipherment of proto-Elamite / Robert K. Englund -- The earliest Egyptian writing: development, context, purpose / John Baines -- Anyang writing and the origin of the Chinese writing system / Robert W. Bagley -- Writing on shell and bone in Shang China / Françoise Bottéro -- Reasons for runes / Henrik Williams -- Writing in early Mesoamerica / Stephen D. Houston -- Beyond writing / Elizabeth Hill Boone -- Final thoughts on first writing / Stephen D. Houston.
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| Abstract
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"The theme of this book is the first writing systems - early cuneiform, proto-Elamite, Egyptian (all prior to 3000 BC, by some centuries), Chinese (prior to 1000 BC), and Maya and its Mesoamerican precursors (beginning ca. 500 BC) ... [and it] also looks more briefly at what might be called 'secondary inventions', including late ones like Scandinavian runic"--Page [3].
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Writing-- History.
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Writing.
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Oorsprong.
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Oudheid.
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Schrift.
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| Dewey Classification
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411.09
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P211.F62 2004
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06.09bcl
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| Added Entry
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Houston, Stephen D.
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