03246nam 2200661 a 450 991046192670332120200520144314.03-11-086905-510.1515/9783110869057(CKB)2670000000251440(SSID)ssj0000748823(PQKBManifestationID)11484493(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000748823(PQKBWorkID)10710023(PQKB)10096151(MiAaPQ)EBC3042289(DE-B1597)40910(OCoLC)979748027(DE-B1597)9783110869057(Au-PeEL)EBL3042289(CaPaEBR)ebr10598406(OCoLC)922945273(EXLCZ)99267000000025144019950919h19961995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEarly civilization and literacy in Europe[electronic resource] an inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world /by Harald HaarmannReprint 2012Berlin ;New York Mouton de Gruyter1996, c1995207, [184] p. ill., mapsApproaches to Semiotics [AS] ;124Approaches to semiotics ;124Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-11-014651-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-207) and index. 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 -- IndexWritingEuropeHistoryWritingMediterranean RegionHistorySigns and symbolsHistoryCivilization, AncientElectronic books.WritingHistory.WritingHistory.Signs and symbolsHistory.Civilization, Ancient.302.2/244/094Haarmann Harald153574Haarmann Harald, MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461926703321Early civilization and literacy in Europe1305380UNINA