[PDF.30vx] Before Writing: Volume 1: From Counting to Cuneiform

Before Writing: Volume 1: From Counting to Cuneiform

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 | #1389003 in Books |  1992-12-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  11.00 x.75 x8.50l,2.88 | File type: PDF | 283 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Thorough book on the subject!|By Byron Talbert|I found this book to be highly enlightening on the subject matter, complete with visuals. Her arguments are convincing, and a foreword by respected historian, William W. Hallo, in my mind, adds credibility to this scholarly work.| |"...possibly the single most important contribution published in recent years concerned with the antecedents to writing." (Libraries and Culture)

"Schmandt-Besserat’s discovery and its ramifications . . . are crucial to understanding th

Before Writing gives a new perspective on the evolution of communication. It points out that when writing began in Mesopotamia it was not, as previously thought, a sudden and spontaneous invention. Instead, it was the outgrowth of many thousands of years' worth of experience at manipulating symbols.

In Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform, Denise Schmandt-Besserat describes how in about 8000 B.C., coinciding with the rise of agricultur...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Before Writing: Volume 1: From Counting to Cuneiform   |  Denise Schmandt-Besserat. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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