Archaeological Decipherment of Ancient Writing Systems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781532967368)

In Archaeological Decipherment of Ancient Writing Systems I explain how archaeological evidence indicates that African literacy began in the Sahara over 5000 years ago . This earliest form of writing was a syllabic system, we call Thinite, that included hundreds of phonetic signs, which over time was shorten to between 22 and 30 key signs, and used as an alphabet by the Mande people of the Fezzan and Niger Valley, Dravidian speaking people in India, the Sumerians, Elamites, the Xi (Olmecs), Egyptians, Meroites, Phonesians and Ethiopians.

Author: Clyde Winters
ISBN-10: 1532967365
ISBN-13: 9781532967368
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2016
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d