Barry B Powell: 2 books
Writing
Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.
Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems,...
by Phyllis A. Morse, Ian W. Brown, Marvin T. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
Specialists from archaeology, ethnohistory, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology bring their varied points of view to this subject in an attempt to answer basic questions about the nature and extent of social change within the time period. The...