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020 $a9781909188242 (hbk.)
020 $a1909188247 (hbk.)
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050 4 $aP211$b.W75 2013
245 00 $aWriting as material practice :$bsubstance, surface and medium /$cedited by Kathryn E. Piquette and Ruth D. Whitehouse.
264 1 $aLondon :$bUbiquity Press,$c2013.
300 $axviii, 342 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c27 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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500 $a"This volume grew out of a conference of the same title, held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in May 2009"--p. [iii].
505 0 $aDeveloping 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
650 0 $aWriting.
650 0 $aWriting$xHistory.
650 0 $aArchaeology.
700 1 $aWhitehouse, Ruth.
700 1 $aPiquette, Kathryn.
852 00 $bglx$hP211$i.W75 2013g