TY - BOOK AU - Hilgert,Markus TI - Understanding material text cultures: a multidisciplinary view T2 - Materiale Textkulturen, SN - 9783110417852 (hardcover : acid-free paper) AV - P211.3.M628 U74 2017 U1 - 302.2/24409 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - Writing KW - Social aspects KW - Middle East KW - History KW - Africa, North KW - Africa, Central KW - Material culture KW - Social life and customs N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "The present volume comprises six highly original studies on material text cultures in different nontypographic societies stretching from the 3rd millennium cuneiform textual record of ancient Mesopotamia to 20th century Qur'anic boards of northern and central African provenience. The volume provides a multidisciplinary approach to material text cultures complementary to the interdisciplinary, strongly theory-grounded research scheme of the CRC 933"--Provided by publisher ER -