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



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Autore: Haarmann Harald Visualizza persona
Titolo: Early civilization and literacy in Europe : an inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world / / by Harald Haarmann Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996, c1995
Edizione: Reprint 2012
Descrizione fisica: 207, [184] p. : ill., maps
Disciplina: 302.2/244/094
Soggetto topico: Writing - Europe - History
Writing - Mediterranean Region - History
Signs and symbols - History
Civilization, Ancient
Classificazione: AM 13100
Persona (resp. second.): HaarmannHarald
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
Titolo autorizzato: Early civilization and literacy in Europe  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-11-086905-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811161503321
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