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Their Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- “minor wear, some highlighting in yellow”
- Pages
- 422
- Publication Date
- 2011-10-31
- Book Title
- Their Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Co
- ISBN
- 9780884023685
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN-10
0884023680
ISBN-13
9780884023685
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109348147
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
422 Pages
Publication Name
Their Way of Writing : Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Archaeology, Native American Languages, Alphabets & Writing Systems, Latin America / General
Type
Language Course
Subject Area
Foreign Language Study, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-050788
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
26
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
497
Synopsis
Based on papers presented at the Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium Scripts, Signs, and Notational Systems in Pre-Columbian America held at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., on October 11-12, 2008. The fifteen contributors to Their Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America consider substantive and theoretical issues concerning writing and signing systems in the ancient Americas. They present the latest thinking about these graphic and tactile systems of communication. Their variety of perspectives and their advances in decipherment and understanding constitute a major contribution not only to our understanding of Pre-Columbian and indigenous American cultures but also to our comparative and global understanding of writing and literacy., Writing and recording are key cultural activities that allow humans to communicate across time and space. Whereas Old World writing evolved into the alphabetic system that is now employed around the world, the indigenous peoples in the Americas autonomously developed alternative systems that conveyed knowledge in a tangible medium. New World systems range from the hieroglyphic script of the Maya, to the figural and iconic pictographies of the Aztecs, Mixtecs, and Zapotecs in Mexico and the Moche in Peru, to the abstract knotted khipus of the Andes. Like Old World writing, these systems represented a cultural category that was fundamental to the workings of their societies, one that was heavily impregnated with cultural value. The fifteen contributors to Their Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America consider substantive and theoretical issues concerning writing and signing systems in the ancient Americas. They present the latest thinking about these graphic and tactile systems of communication. Their variety of perspectives and their advances in decipherment and understanding constitute a major contribution not only to our understanding of Pre-Columbian and indigenous American cultures but also to our comparative and global understanding of writing and literacy., Their Way of Writing considers substantive and theoretical issues concerning writing and signing systems in the ancient Americas. The contributions here not only present the latest thinking about graphic and tactile systems of communication but constitute a major contribution to our comparative and global understanding of writing and literacy.
LC Classification Number
F1435.3.W75T74 2011
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