{"product_id":"how-writing-came-about-denise-schmandt-besserat-9780292777040","title":"How Writing Came about","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop 100 Books on Science, American Scientist, 2001\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, the University of Texas Press published \u003ci\u003eBefore Writing, Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBefore Writing, Volume II: A Catalog of Near Eastern Tokens.\u003c\/i\u003e In these two volumes, Denise Schmandt-Besserat set forth her groundbreaking theory that the cuneiform script invented in the Near East in the late fourth millennium B.C.--the world's oldest known system of writing--derived from an archaic counting device.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Writing Came About \u003c\/i\u003edraws material from both volumes to present Schmandt-Besserat's theory for a wide public and classroom audience. Based on the analysis and interpretation of a selection of 8,000 tokens or counters from 116 sites in Iran, Iraq, the Levant, and Turkey, it documents the immediate precursor of the cuneiform script.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denise Schmandt-Besserat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292777043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292777040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Denise Schmandt-Besserat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045136331007,"sku":"9780292777040","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5fd59e5-ea7a-4655-8b1b-48e958f4543f.jpg?v=1684976948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-writing-came-about-denise-schmandt-besserat-9780292777040","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}