An Archaic Recording System and the Origin of Writing

Summary

A recording system based on tokens, spread throughout the Near East from the early Neolithic on, is proposed as a possible but demonstrable antecedent of the cuneiform writing system. Consisting of a rich and differentiated repertory of shapes and markings, this token system is more complex than a simple system of un differentiated counters.

Product details

• Authors: SCHMANDT-BESSERAT, D. Schmandt-Besserat
• Publisher: Undena Publications,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780890039748
• ISBN: 978-0-89003-974-8
• No. of pages: 32
• Series: Syro-Mesopotamian Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries