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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 7-14 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	Februar 1997
Genre:	Religion
	Sammeln von Münzen, Banknoten, Medaillen und anderen ähnlichen Gegenständen
ISBN:	9780292777040
EAN-Code:	9780292777040
Verlag:	University Of Texas Press
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 254 mm / B 178 mm / D 12 mm
Gewicht:	402 gr
Seiten:	208
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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.