{"product_id":"their-way-of-writing-elizabeth-hill-boone-9780884023685","title":"Their Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America","description":"\u003cp\u003eWriting 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fifteen contributors to \u003ci\u003eTheir Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Hill Boone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0884023680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780884023685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dumbarton Oaks Research Library \u0026amp; Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.30h x 8.70w x 1.20d","brand":"Elizabeth Hill Boone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44919670407423,"sku":"9780884023685","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71ac4461-3e0c-45ab-b17b-6399800d3b22.jpg?v=1710359140","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/their-way-of-writing-elizabeth-hill-boone-9780884023685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}