{"product_id":"9780292777040","title":"How Writing Came about","description":"\u003cp\u003eTop 100 Books on Science, American Scientist, 2001\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, the University of Texas Press published Before Writing, Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform and Before Writing, Volume II: A Catalog of Near Eastern Tokens. 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\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow Writing Came About draws 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":52259022700855,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":162.26,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9780292777040-1.jpg?v=1783331486","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9780292777040","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}