Agency In Ancient Writing
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Author | : Joshua Englehardt |
Publisher | : University Press of Colorado |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2012-12-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1607322099 |
Individual agents are frequently evident in early writing and notational systems, yet these systems have rarely been subjected to the concept of agency as it is traceable in archeology. Agency in Ancient Writing addresses this oversight, allowing archeologists to identify and discuss real, observable actors and actions in the archaeological record. Embracing myriad ways in which agency can be interpreted, ancient writing systems from Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, China, and Greece are examined from a textual perspective as both archaeological objects and nascent historical documents. This allows for distinction among intentions, consequences, meanings, and motivations, increasing understanding and aiding interpretation of the subjectivity of social actors. Chapters focusing on acts of writing and public recitation overlap with those addressing the materiality of texts, interweaving archaeology, epigraphy, and the study of visual symbol systems. Agency in Ancient Writing leads to a more thorough and meaningful discussion of agency as an archaeological concept and will be of interest to anyone interested in ancient texts, including archaeologists, historians, linguists, epigraphers, and art historians, as well as scholars studying agency and structuration theory.
Author | : B. L. Ullman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2008-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781597405065 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2018-10-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004375279 |
The volume The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt contains nine contributions from well-known papyrologists, Egyptologists, archaeologists and technical specialists. They discuss the materiality of ancient writing and writing supports in various ways through methodological considerations and through practical case studies from the early Pharaonic to the Late Antique periods in Egypt, including Greek and Egyptian papyri and ostraca, inscriptions and graffiti. The articles in this volume present new approaches to the study of textual material and scribal practice, especially in the light of the ongoing development of digital techniques that uncover new information from ancient writing materials. The aim of the book is to encourage researchers of ancient texts to consider the benefits of using these new methods and technological resources.
Author | : Hella Eckardt |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108418058 |
This book focuses on the material practice of ancient literacy through a contextual examination of Roman writing equipment.
Author | : Charles Halton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110705205X |
This anthology translates and discusses texts authored by women of ancient Mesopotamia.
Author | : Haicheng Wang |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 435 |
Release | : 2014-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107028124 |
Writing and the Ancient State is a comparative study of the use of writing to create and maintain order in early states.
Author | : Stephen D. Houston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781934691427 |
This book builds on earlier projects about the origins and extinctions of script traditions throughout the world in an effort to address the fundamental questions of how and why writing systems change. The contributors--who study ancient scripts from Arabic to Roman, from Bronze Age China to Middle Kingdom Egypt--utilize an approach that views writing less as a technology than as a mode of communication, one that is socially learned and culturally transmitted.
Author | : Bernhold Louis Ullman |
Publisher | : MIT Press (MA) |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1969-01-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780262710015 |
Author | : Philippa M. Steele |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107169674 |
The first book to explore the development and importance of writing in ancient Cypriot society over 1,500 years.
Author | : Geoffrey Yeo |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2021-04-21 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 042962008X |
Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies provides a concise and up-to-date survey of early record-making and record-keeping practices across the world. It investigates the ways in which human activities have been recorded in different settings using different methods and technologies. Based on an in-depth analysis of literature from a wide range of disciplines, including prehistory, archaeology, Assyriology, Egyptology, and Chinese and Mesoamerican studies, the book reflects the latest and most relevant historical scholarship. Drawing upon the author’s experience as a practitioner and scholar of records and archives and his extensive knowledge of archival theory and practice, the book embeds its account of the beginnings of recording practices in a conceptual framework largely derived from archival science. Unique both in its breadth of coverage and in its distinctive perspective on early record-making and record-keeping, the book provides the only updated and synoptic overview of early recording practices available worldwide. Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies will be of interest to academics, researchers, and students engaged in the study of archival science, archival history, and the early history of human culture. The book will also appeal to practitioners of archives and records management interested in learning more about the origins of their profession.