The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process
MIA KARTS BOOKS
The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process
Book Details
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- United States
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780521838610
- ISBN-10
- 0521838614
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ISBN: 0521838614
Author: Houston, Stephen D.
Condition: New
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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