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Early civilization and literacy in Europe : an inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world
- Title
- Early civilization and literacy in Europe : an inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world / by Harald Haarmann.
- Author
- Haarmann, Harald.
- Publication
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996, ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | P211.3.E85 H33 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 207 pages, 181 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Approaches to semiotics ; 124
- Uniform Title
- Approaches to semiotics ; 124.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 3110146517 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 95042928
- OCLC
- 33208294
- ocm33208294
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries