Writing : theory and history of the technology of civilization / Barry B. Powell.
Writing : theory and history of the technology of civilization / Barry B. Powell.
Writing : theory and history of the technology of civilization / Barry B. Powell.
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Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Date
2009.
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G 2014/731
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English
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xx, 276 p. : ill., maps, music ; 24 cm.
Contents
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 a...
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Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
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England
Date Published
2009.
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Writing : theory and history of the technology of civilization / Barry B. Powell.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N411.09/13.
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G 2014/731
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74Vv6Jq0qzab
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1405162562 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781405162562 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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411.09
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991006808319702626
