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ISBN10: 1845530136, ISBN13: 9781845530136, [publisher: Equinox Publishing Limited] Hardcover Hardcover; no dust jacket. Very good condition. Covers are tidy, binding is strong, corners square. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated 2008. 378 pages. This listing was written by a real person with the book in front of me for inspection. Please send us an email if you have questions or would like to request photos. [Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
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ISBN10: 1845530136, ISBN13: 9781845530136, [publisher: Equinox Publishing] Hardcover Hardcover. NOT Ex-library. Very good condition. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona. Previous owner's name inside. Until further notice, USPS Priority Mail only reliable option for Hawaii. [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
ISBN10: 1845530136, ISBN13: 9781845530136, [publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. [Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]
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Hardback. New. Gathers papers from the conference held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. This work features case studies from the Old and New Worlds, ranging over periods from the first millennium BC. It offers a perspective on approaches to writing that can be helpful for the understanding of writing systems. ISBN 1845530136 9781845530136 [GB]
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ISBN10: 1845530136, ISBN13: 9781845530136, [publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd] Hardcover Gathers papers from the conference held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. This work features case studies from the Old and New Worlds, ranging over periods from the first millennium BC. It offers a perspective on approaches t. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2008]
ISBN10: 1845530136, ISBN13: 9781845530136, [publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd] Hardcover Gathers papers from the conference held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. This work features case studies from the Old and New Worlds, ranging over periods from the first millennium BC. It offers a perspective on approaches t. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2008]
ISBN10: 1845530136, ISBN13: 9781845530136, [publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. While the invention and decipherment of writing systems have long been focuses of research, their eclipse or replacement have been little studied. Because writing is so important in many cultures and civilizations, its disappearance - followed by a period without it or by replacement with a different writing system - is of almost equal significance to invention as a mark of radical change. Probably more writing systems have disappeared than have survived in the last five thousand years.Case studies from the Old and New Worlds are presented, ranging over periods from the second millennium BC to the present. To address many types of transmission, the broadest possible definition of 'writing' is used, notably including Mexican pictography and the Andean khipu system. One chapter discusses the larger proportion of known human societies which have not possessed complex material codes like writing, offering an alternative perspective on the long-term transmission of socially salient subjects. A concluding essay draws out common themes and offers an initial synthesis of results. The volume offers a new perspective on approaches to writing that will be significant for the understandi ...
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