9780292777040-0292777043-How Writing Came About

How Writing Came About

ISBN-13: 9780292777040
ISBN-10: 0292777043
Edition: Abridged
Author: Denise Schmandt-Besserat
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Format: Paperback 207 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780292777040
ISBN-10: 0292777043
Edition: Abridged
Author: Denise Schmandt-Besserat
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Format: Paperback 207 pages

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How Writing Came About (ISBN-13: 9780292777040 and ISBN-10: 0292777043), written by authors Denise Schmandt-Besserat, was published by University of Texas Press in 1997. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Appreciation (Sculpture, Egypt, Ancient Civilizations History, Prehistory, Egypt, Middle East History, Alphabet, Words, Language & Grammar ) books. You can easily purchase or rent How Writing Came About (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Appreciation books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.41.

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Winner, Top 100 Books on Science, American Scientist, 2001

In 1992, the University of Texas Press published Before Writing, Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform and Before Writing, Volume II: A Catalog of Near Eastern Tokens. In these two volumes, Denise Schmandt-Besserat set forth her groundbreaking theory that the cuneiform script invented in the Near East in the late fourth millennium B.C.—the world's oldest known system of writing—derived from an archaic counting device.

How Writing Came About draws material from both volumes to present Schmandt-Besserat's theory for a wide public and classroom audience. Based on the analysis and interpretation of a selection of 8,000 tokens or counters from 116 sites in Iran, Iraq, the Levant, and Turkey, it documents the immediate precursor of the cuneiform script.

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