Writing as material practice : substance, surface and medium /: substance, surface and medium. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kathryn E. Piquette and Ruth D. Whitehouse.
• Editors: Whitehouse, Ruth; Piquette, Kathryn
• Contents: Developing an approach to writing as material practice / Kathryn E. Piquette and Ruth D. Whitehouse -- The twisting paths of recall : khipu (Andean cord notation) as artifact / Frank Salomon -- Writing as material technology : orientation within landscapes of the Classic Maya world / Sarah E. Jackson -- Writing (and reading) as material practice : the world of cuneiform culture as an arena for investigation / Roger Matthews -- Re-writing the script : decoding the textual experience in the Bronze Age Levant (c. 2000-1150 BC) / Rachael Thyrza Sparks -- The function and meaning of writing in the prehistoric Aegean : some reflections on the social and symbolic significance of writing from a material perspective / Helène Whittaker -- Form follows function : writing and its supports in the Aegean Bronze Age / Sarah Finlayson -- Materiality of Minoan writing : modes of display and perception / Georgia Flouda -- Saving on clay : the Linear B practice of cutting tablets / Helena Tomas -- Straight, crooked and joined-up writing : an early Mediterranean view / Alan Johnston -- "It is written"? : making, remaking and unmaking early 'writing' in the lower Nile Valley / Kathryn E. Piquette -- Written Greek but drawn Egyptian : script changes in a bilingual dream papyrus / Stephen Kidd -- The other writing : iconic literacy and Situla art in pre-Roman Veneto (Italy) / Elisa Perego -- 'Tombstones' in the north Italian Iron Age : careless writers or athletic readers? / Ruth D. Whitehouse -- Different times, different materials and different purposes : writing on objects at the Grand Arcade site in Cambridge / Craig Cessford -- Writing conservation : the impact of text on conservation decisions and practice / Elizabeth Pye -- Epilogue / John Bennet.
• Publisher Details: London : Ubiquity Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 417.7; Writing -- History; Archaeology; Anthropology; Archaeology; Humanities; Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences; Sociology and anthropology; HISTORY -- World; Archaeology; Writing; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781909188266; 1909188263; 1909188247; 9781909188242
• Related ISBNs: 9781909188259; 1909188255; 9781909188242; 1909188247
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.