Their Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Their Way of Writing "Their Way of Writing" considers substantive and theoretical issues concerning writing and signing systems in the ancient Americas. The contributions here not only present the latest thinking about graphic and tactile systems of communication but constitute a major contribution to our comparative and global understanding of writing and literacy.
Full description- Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
- Published: 31 October 2011
- Format: Hardback 422 pages
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- Categories: Linguistics | Writing Systems, Alphabets | Language Teaching & Learning Material & Coursework | History Of The Americas
- ISBN 13: 9780884023685 ISBN 10: 0884023680
- Sales rank: 1,376,095
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Full description for Their Way of Writing
Writing and recording are key cultural activities that allow humans to communicate across time and space. Whereas Old World writing evolved into the alphabetic system that is now employed around the world, the indigenous peoples in the Americas autonomously developed alternative systems that conveyed knowledge in a tangible medium. New World systems range from the hieroglyphic script of the Maya, to the figural and iconic pictographies of the Aztecs, Mixtecs, and Zapotecs in Mexico and the Moche in Peru, to the abstract knotted khipus of the Andes. Like Old World writing, these systems represented a cultural category that was fundamental to the workings of their societies, one that was heavily impregnated with cultural value.The fifteen contributors to "Their Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America" consider substantive and theoretical issues concerning writing and signing systems in the ancient Americas. They present the latest thinking about these graphic and tactile systems of communication. Their variety of perspectives and their advances in decipherment and understanding constitute a major contribution not only to our understanding of Pre-Columbian and indigenous American cultures but also to our comparative and global understanding of writing and literacy.
