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OverviewWriting 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. The fifteen contributors to Their Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth Hill Boone , Gary Urton , Carrie J. Brezine , Reymundo ChapaPublisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Imprint: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 1.430kg ISBN: 9780884023685ISBN 10: 0884023680 Pages: 422 Publication Date: 31 October 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationElizabeth Hill Boone is Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Art at Tulane University. Gary Urton is Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. Stephen D. Houston is Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at Brown University. Frank Salomon is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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