{"product_id":"how-writing-came-about","title":"How Writing Came About","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop 100 Books on Science, American Scientist, 2001\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, the University of Texas Press published \u003ci\u003eBefore Writing, Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBefore Writing, Volume II: A Catalog of Near Eastern Tokens.\u003c\/i\u003e In these two volumes, Denise Schmandt-Besserat set forth her groundbreaking theory that the cuneiform script invented in the Near East in the late fourth millennium B.C.-the world's oldest known system of writing-derived from an archaic counting device.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Writing Came About \u003c\/i\u003edraws material from both volumes to present Schmandt-Besserat's theory for a wide public and classroom audience. Based on the analysis and interpretation of a selection of 8,000 tokens or counters from 116 sites in Iran, Iraq, the Levant, and Turkey, it documents the immediate precursor of the cuneiform script.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251114791256,"sku":"9780292777040","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780292777040_9122cd4a-b50b-4c8d-93db-ae0f24731e88.jpg?v=1780977663","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/how-writing-came-about","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}