Denise Schmandt-Besserat

 
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Schmandt-Besserat's ideas about how writing evolved from counting in ancient Mesopotamia (A1, A2) are summarized in an article by Ivars Peterson (1).

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Selected Works of Denise Schmandt-Besserat

A1. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Before Writing, vol. 1, From Counting to Cuneiform (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1992).

A2. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, How Writing Came About [Abridged] (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1997).

A3. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, The History of Counting (Harper Collins, 1999 Aug 25).

A4. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, ed., "'Ain Ghazal Excavation Reports: Symbols at 'Ain Ghazal, vol.1," http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/ghazal/ (The Middle East Network Information Center, University of Texas at Austin, accessed 2004 Sep 2).

A5. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, "Accounting with Tokens in the Ancient Near East," http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/lrc/numerals/dsb/dsb1.html (Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, accessed 2004 Dec 1).


1. Ivars Peterson, "From Counting to Writing," http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arc97/2_22_97/mathland.htm (Science News Online, 1997 Feb 22, accessed 2004 Sep 3).

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