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Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization

by Barry B. Powell

This volume offers a coherent system of terms and categories for the complex phenomena in the world's writing systems. The author explores writing not tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond. The book examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia, the relations of these systems to Egyptian, Chinese and Mesoamerican writing, the origins of purely phonographic writing systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writing. 276p (Blackwell 2009, Pb 2012)

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