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Overview"No detailed description available for ""Early Civilization and Literacy in Europe""." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Harald HaarmannPublisher: De Gruyter Imprint: De Gruyter Mouton Edition: Reprint 2012 Volume: 124 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.729kg ISBN: 9783110146516ISBN 10: 3110146517 Pages: 207 Publication Date: 15 November 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contentsi-iv -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Iconography, symbolism and writing at the dawn of civilization – Old Europe from the seventh to the fourth millennia B.C. -- 2. The organizing principles of Old European writing – Motivated and arbitrary symbols and their affinity with the mythical symbolism -- 3. Writing from Old Europe to ancient Crete – A case of cultural continuity -- 4. Literacy in ancient Crete – On the social functions of linear and hieroglyphic writing -- 5. The Cretan legacy in the East: Writing systems in the multilingual society of ancient Cyprus -- 6. The spread of European writing beyond ancient Cyprus – The influence of Aegean and Cypriot literacy in Asia Minor and the Near East -- 7. On the three ways of writing the oldest literary language in the world: Greek -- 8. The impact of Aegean culture on the western periphery – The case of the Lipari script and the role of Etruscan writing in Italy -- Conclusion: Giving profile to a new paradigm for research into antiquity -- Bibliography -- Illustrations, figures, tables and maps -- IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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