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Writing as Material Practice grapples with the issue of writing as a form of material culture in its ancient and more recent manifestations, and in the contexts of production and consumption. Fifteen case studies explore the artefactual nature of writing -- the ways in which materials, techniques, c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Whitehouse, Ruth (Editor ), Piquette, Kathryn (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Ubiquity Press, 2013.
Temas:
Writing > History.
Archaeology.
Écriture > Histoire.
Archéologie.
archaeology.
Anthropology.
Humanities.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
HISTORY > World.
Archaeology
Writing
material culture
writing
symbolism
archaeology
artefact
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Developing an approach to writing as material practice / Kathryn E. Piquette and Ruth D. Whitehouse
  • The twisting paths of recall : khipu (Andean cord notation) as artifact / Frank Salomon
  • Writing as material technology : orientation within landscapes of the Classic Maya world / Sarah E. Jackson
  • Writing (and reading) as material practice : the world of cuneiform culture as an arena for investigation / Roger Matthews
  • Re-writing the script : decoding the textual experience in the Bronze Age Levant (c. 2000-1150 BC) / Rachael Thyrza Sparks
  • The function and meaning of writing in the prehistoric Aegean : some reflections on the social and symbolic significance of writing from a material perspective / Helène Whittaker
  • Form follows function : writing and its supports in the Aegean Bronze Age / Sarah Finlayson
  • Materiality of Minoan writing : modes of display and perception / Georgia Flouda
  • Saving on clay : the Linear B practice of cutting tablets / Helena Tomas
  • Straight, crooked and joined-up writing : an early Mediterranean view / Alan Johnston
  • "It is written"? : making, remaking and unmaking early 'writing' in the lower Nile Valley / Kathryn E. Piquette
  • Written Greek but drawn Egyptian : script changes in a bilingual dream papyrus / Stephen Kidd
  • The other writing : iconic literacy and Situla art in pre-Roman Veneto (Italy) / Elisa Perego
  • 'Tombstones' in the north Italian Iron Age : careless writers or athletic readers? / Ruth D. Whitehouse
  • Different times, different materials and different purposes : writing on objects at the Grand Arcade site in Cambridge / Craig Cessford
  • Writing conservation : the impact of text on conservation decisions and practice / Elizabeth Pye
  • Epilogue / John Bennet.

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