LEADER 03246nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910461926703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-11-086905-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110869057 035 $a(CKB)2670000000251440 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000748823 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11484493 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000748823 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10710023 035 $a(PQKB)10096151 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3042289 035 $a(DE-B1597)40910 035 $a(OCoLC)979748027 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110869057 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3042289 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10598406 035 $a(OCoLC)922945273 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000251440 100 $a19950919h19961995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEarly civilization and literacy in Europe$b[electronic resource] $ean inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world /$fby Harald Haarmann 205 $aReprint 2012 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cMouton de Gruyter$d1996, c1995 215 $a207, [184] p. $cill., maps 225 0 $aApproaches to Semiotics [AS] ;$v124 225 0$aApproaches to semiotics ;$v124 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a3-11-014651-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-207) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface / $rHaarmann, Harald -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Iconography, symbolism and writing at the dawn of civilization - Old Europe from the seventh to the fourth millennia B.C. -- $t2. The organizing principles of Old European writing - Motivated and arbitrary symbols and their affinity with the mythical symbolism -- $t3. Writing from Old Europe to ancient Crete - A case of cultural continuity -- $t4. Literacy in ancient Crete - On the social functions of linear and hieroglyphic writing -- $t5. The Cretan legacy in the East: Writing systems in the multilingual society of ancient Cyprus -- $t6. The spread of European writing beyond ancient Cyprus - The influence of Aegean and Cypriot literacy in Asia Minor and the Near East -- $t7. On the three ways of writing the oldest literary language in the world: Greek -- $t8. The impact of Aegean culture on the western periphery - The case of the Lipari script and the role of Etruscan writing in Italy -- $tConclusion: Giving profile to a new paradigm for research into antiquity -- $tBibliography -- $tIllustrations, figures, tables and maps -- $tIndex 606 $aWriting$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aWriting$zMediterranean Region$xHistory 606 $aSigns and symbols$xHistory 606 $aCivilization, Ancient 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWriting$xHistory. 615 0$aWriting$xHistory. 615 0$aSigns and symbols$xHistory. 615 0$aCivilization, Ancient. 676 $a302.2/244/094 700 $aHaarmann$b Harald$0153574 702 $aHaarmann$b Harald, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461926703321 996 $aEarly civilization and literacy in Europe$91305380 997 $aUNINA