When Writing Met Art: From Symbol to Story
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Denise Schmandt-Besserat opened a major new chapter in the history of literacy when she demonstrated that the cuneiform script invented in the ancient Near East in the late fourth millennium BC--the world's oldest known system of writing--derived from an archaic counting device. Her discovery, which she published in Before Writing: From Counting to Cuneiform and How Writing Came About, was widely reported in professional journals...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0292713347
ISBN13:9780292713345
Release Date:February 2007
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:144 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.3" x 10.2"
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