Writing as material practice : substance, surface and medium /: substance, surface and medium. (2013)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Writing as material practice : substance, surface and medium /: substance, surface and medium. (2013)
- Main Title:
- Writing as material practice : substance, surface and medium
- 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 --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. … (more)
- 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.
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- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.432496
- Ingest File:
- 02_550.xml