Research Catalog

Title

Aegean linear script(s) : rethinking the relationship between Linear A and Linear B / / Ester Salgarella.

Author

Salgarella, Ester

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Description

xx, 416 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm.

Summary

When does a continuum become a divide? This book investigates the genetic relationship between Linear A and Linear B, two Bronze Age scripts attested on Crete and Mainland Greece and understood to have developed one out of the other. By using an interdisciplinary methodology, this research integrates linguistic, epigraphic, palaeographic and archaeological evidence, and places the writing practice in its sociohistorical setting. By challenging traditional views, this work calls into question widespread assumptions and interpretative schemes on the relationship between these two scripts, and opens up new perspectives on the ideology associated with the retention, adaptation and transmission of a script, and how identity was negotiated at a moment of closer societal interaction between Cretans and Greek-speaking Mainlanders in the Late Bronze Age. By delving deeper into the structure and inner workings of these two writing systems, this book will make us rethink the relationship between Linear A and B.

Series Statement

Cambridge classical studies

Uniform Title

Cambridge classical studies.

Subject

• Inscriptions, Linear A
• Inscriptions, Linear B
• Civilization, Aegean
• Written communication > Research
• Inscriptions, Linear A
• Inscriptions, Linear B
• Europe > Aegean Sea Region

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- 1.1 Setting the Scene -- 1.2 Questioning Cultural (and Ethnic) 'Labels' -- 1.3 Questioning the Unquestionable: Some Theoretical Preliminaries -- 1.4 Linear A and Linear B: A First Assessment -- 2 WHAT DOES LINEAR A LOOK LIKE? -- 2.1 The Nature of the Evidence -- 2.2 Linear A Structure -- 2.3 Linear A Palaeography -- 3 WHAT DOES LINEAR B LOOK LIKE? -- 3.1 The Nature of the Evidence -- 3.2 Linear B Structure -- 3.3 Linear B Palaeography -- 4 INTERPRETATIVE MODELS -- 4.1 Structural Model -- 4.2 Palaeographical Model -- 5 OVERALL CONCLUSIONS -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Signs Cited.

Call Number

JFF 21-451

ISBN

• 1108479383
• 9781108479387

OCLC

1146295904

Author

Salgarella, Ester, author.

Title

Aegean linear script(s) : rethinking the relationship between Linear A and Linear B / / Ester Salgarella.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge classical studies

Cambridge classical studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781108783477

Research Call Number

JFF 21-451