The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process

Although ancient writing offers our first glimpse of history, people and institutions, its origins remain mysterious. This book presents the most up-to-date analysis of the origins of ancient writing. Studying often neglected writing systems, such as those of Mesoamerica, leading scholars collectively discuss how these scripts came into existence and developed during their first centuries of use. Egypt, Mesopotamia, Elamite, Mesoamerica and the Maya, Shang and Runic are represented.

Author: Stephen D. Houston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 436
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.86h x 6.91w x 1.06d
ISBN: 9780521728263

About the Author
Houston, Stephen D.: - Stephen Houston is Professor of Anthropology at Brown University, Rhode Island. A scholar of the ancient Maya in Mexico and Central America, he is the author of many books on the Maya, most recently The Memory of Bones: Body, Being and Experience among the Classic Maya (with David Stuart and Taube, 2010).

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