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Denise Schmandt-Besserat (Autor)
Univ of Chicago behalf of University of Texas (Editora)
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.
| Categoria | História |
| Subcategoria | Linguística |
| Autores | Denise Schmandt-Besserat |
| Sobre o Autor | Denise Schmandt-Besserat é pesquisadora com foco nas origens da escrita e em materiais arqueológicos relacionados ao registro numérico e administrativo. |
| Idioma | Inglês |
| Quantidade de Páginas | 208 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Editora | Univ of Chicago behalf of University of Texas |
| ISBN | 9780292777040 |
| Tamanho | 17.8x25.4 |