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245 0 4 _aThe first writing
_h[Texte imprimé] :
_bscript invention as history and process /
_c[edited by] Stephen D. Houston
260 _aCambridge, UK ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2004
300 _a1 vol. (XVII-417 p.) :
_bill., cartes ;
_c26 cm
500 _aIndex
504 _aBibliogr. p. [354]-394
505 0 _aOverture 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
653 _aWriting
_xHistory
700 1 _aHouston, Stephen D.
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