The shape of script : how and why writing systems change
Auteur(s) : Houston, Stephen D. (Éd.)Description matérielle : xxiii-317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Collection: School for advanced research advanced seminar series Publication : Santa Fe : SAR press, 2012.Cote : G.5081Note : Bibliogr. p. 255-303. Index.Note complémentaire : SAR Press = School for Advanced research press. Thématique : Histoire | Écriture Thématique spécifique : Paléographie| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Lab. d'anthropologie sociale | G.5081 | Available | 8001466 |
Preface: the shape of script - views from the middle --
Cuneiform: changes and developments / Veldhuis, Niek --
Scripts, high culture, and administration in Middle Kingdom Egypt / Baines, John --
Paragrams, punctuation, and system in ancient Roman script / Bodel, John --
Stability and change in Arabic script / Gruendler, Beatrice --
Some principles and patterns of script change / Salomon, Richard --
Script change in Bronze Age China / Steinke, Kyle --
The development of writing in Japan / Lurie, David B. --
Maya writing: modified, transformed / Houston, Stephen D. --
The shape of script in a colonial context: alphabetic and pictorial registers in Mixtec texts / Monaghan, John --
Trends and transitions in the history of written numerals / Chrisomalis, Stephen.