The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process - Softcover

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9780521728263: The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process
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ISBN 10: 0521728266 ISBN 13: 9780521728263
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Although ancient writing offers our first glimpse of history, people and institutions, its origins remain mysterious. This book presents the most up-to-date analysis of the origins of ancient writing. Studying often neglected writing systems, such as those of Mesoamerica, leading scholars collectively discuss how these scripts came into existence and developed during their first centuries of use. Egypt, Mesopotamia, Elamite, Mesoamerica and the Maya, Shang and Runic are represented.

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About the Author

Stephen Houston is Professor of Anthropology at Brown University, Rhode Island. A scholar of the ancient Maya in Mexico and Central America, he is the author of many books on the Maya, most recently The Memory of Bones: Body, Being and Experience among the Classic Maya (with David Stuart and Taube, 2010).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521728266
ISBN 13 
9780521728263
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
436
Editor
Houston Stephen D.
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