Writing as Technology and Cultural Ecology: Explorations of the Human Mind at the Dawn of History
Author:   Ulrich Ammon ,  Harald Haarmann
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   82
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Pages:   378
Publication Date:   30 July 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Ulrich Ammon ,  Harald Haarmann
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   82
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9783631617366


ISBN 10:   3631617364
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   30 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Contents: Elementary parameters in the study of ancient writing systems · Sign systems as constructs of the abstract mind – Conditions for the transition to literacy – deconstructing a Euro-American myth – Writing technology emerging in the absence of statehood (Danube civilization, the ancient Indus civilization, ancient China, Olmec civilization) – Writing technology and cultural ecology in societies of the state model (pre-dynastic Egypt, the early Sumerian city states, Teotihuacán in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica) – Ancient scripts and their principles of writing – The composition and systematic structuring of sign inventories – The dissemination and proliferation of ancient scripts.

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Harald Haarmann, PhD, born in 1946, is a linguist and cultural scientist living and working in Finland. His publications include more than forty books in German, English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Hungarian and other languages. Among his recent English-language titles are Foundations of culture (2007) and Interacting with figurines (2009). He has contributed ten chapters to the CLIO encyclopedia Popular Controversies in World History (4 vols, 2011). Since 2003, he has been the Vice President of the Institute of Archaeomythology (Sebastopol/California, USA) and the Director of its European branch in Finland. Among his awards are the «Prix Logos», 1999 (France), the «American Medal of Honor», 2002 (USA), and the «Plato Award», 2006 (UK).

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