TY  - BOOK
AU  - Houston,Stephen D.
AU  - هوستن، ستيفن
TI  - The first writing: script invention as history and process 
SN  - 9780521728263
U1  - 401.1 20A
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Writing
KW  - History
N1  - Index; Bibliogr. p. [354]-394; 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
ER  -