{"product_id":"writing-from-invention-to-decipherment-9780198908746","title":"Writing from Invention to Decipherment","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Silvia Ferrara | Barbara Montecchi | Miguel Valerio\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient and Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eWriting from Invention to Decipherment\u003c\/em\u003e contains a wealth of global scholarship on ancient writing systems from China, Mesopotamia, Central America, and the Mediterranean, to more recent newly created scripts such as the Rongorongo from Easter Island, the Caroline Island scripts, as well as the alphabet. The aim is to dig into the foundations of writing, showcasing the complexities and varieties of scripts, from their invention to the potential decipherment of poorly understood scripts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume offers state-of-the-art research on undeciphered scripts from the Aegean (as for example, Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A) or not completely deciphered (as for example Maya) scripts. From a methodological perspective, these contributions lay out how and why writing was invented, who used it, and to what ends. Here writing is presented as a multi-modal cultural phenomenon, that intersects and transcends neat discipline boundaries, within an inclusive approach bridging archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, and cognitive studies.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46416011690135,"sku":"9780198908746","price":17919.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198908746.webp?v=1769061695","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/writing-from-invention-to-decipherment-9780198908746","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}