Table of contents
Introduction: Developing an approach to writing as material practice
The Twisting Paths of Recall: Khipu (Andean cord notation) as artifact
Writing as Material Technology: Orientation within landscapes of the Classic Maya world
Writing (and Reading) as Material Practice: The world of cuneiform culture as an arena for investigation
Re-writing the Script: Decoding the textual experience in the Bronze Age Levant (c.2000–1150 BC)
The Function and Meaning of Writing in the Prehistoric Aegean: Some reflections on the social and symbolic significance of writing from a material perspective
Form Follows Function: Writing and its supports in the Aegean Bronze Age
Materiality of Minoan Writing: Modes of display and perception
Saving on Clay: The Linear B practice of cutting tablets
Straight, Crooked and Joined-up Writing: An early Mediterranean view
“It Is Written”?: Making, remaking and unmaking early ‘writing’ in the lower Nile Valley
Written Greek but Drawn Egyptian: Script changes in a bilingual dream papyrus
The Other Writing: Iconic literacy and Situla Art in pre-Roman Veneto (Italy)
‘Tombstones’ in the North Italian Iron Age: Careless writers or athletic readers?
Different Times, Different Materials and Different Purposes: Writing on objects at the Grand Arcade site in Cambridge
Writing Conservation: The impact of text on conservation decisions and practice
Epilogue
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PDF ISBN: 978-1-909188-26-6 | E-Pub ISBN: 978-1-909188-25-9 | Hardback ISBN: 978-1-909188-24-2 | DOI: 10.5334/bai
Publisher: Ubiquity Press
Copyright owner: Ubiquity Press
Publication date: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 352
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