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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 anarchaic 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.
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- Title How Writing Came about
- Author Denise Schmandt-Besserat
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Abridged
- Pages 207
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-02-01
- Abridged Yes
- ISBN 9780292777040 / 0292777043
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 10 x 7 x 0.5 in (25.40 x 17.78 x 1.27 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects Middle East - Antiquities, Writing - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95041829
- Dewey Decimal Code 737.309
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