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Autore: |
Haarmann Harald
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Titolo: |
Early civilization and literacy in Europe [[electronic resource] ] : an inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world / / by Harald Haarmann
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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 | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 ![]() |
ISBN: | 3-11-086905-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910461926703321 |
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