Writing : theory and history of the technology of civilization

1. Verfasser: Powell, Barry B.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Chichester, U.K. ; : Malden, MA :. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Umfang/Format: xx, 276 p. : ill., maps, music ; 24 cm.
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260 |a Chichester, U.K. ; :  |b Wiley-Blackwell,  |c 2009.  |a Malden, MA :. 
300 |a xx, 276 p. :  |b ill., maps, music ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : a difficult topic, little studied, poorly understood -- What is writing? -- Writing with signs -- Categories and features of writing -- Some general issues in the study of writing -- Protocuneiform and counting tokens -- Origins of lexigraphic writing in Mesopotamia -- Plato's Ideas and Champollion's decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Egyptian writing and Egyptian speech -- The origin and nature of Egyptian writing -- "The house of life" : scribes and writing in ancient Egypt -- Syllabic scripts of the Aegean -- The West Semitic revolution -- What kind of writing was West Semitic? -- The origins of West Semitic writing -- Chinese logography -- Lexigraphic writing in Mesoamerica -- The Greek alphabet : a writing that changed the world -- Summary and conclusions. 
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