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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811161503321

Autore

Haarmann Harald

Titolo

Early civilization and literacy in Europe : an inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world / / by Harald Haarmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996, c1995

ISBN

3-11-086905-5

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

207, [184] p. : ill., maps

Collana

Approaches to Semiotics [AS] ; ; 124

Approaches to semiotics ; ; 124

Classificazione

AM 13100

Disciplina

302.2/244/094

Soggetti

Writing - Europe - History

Writing - Mediterranean Region - History

Signs and symbols - History

Civilization, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / Haarmann, Harald -- 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 -- Index