The hidden language of graphic signs : cryptic writing and meaningful marks / edited by John Bodel, Brown University, Stephen Houston, Brown University.

"Spanning continents and millennia, this book explores the zone between picture and text. In doing so, it probes the social worlds and identities that enveloped them. Individuals made these marks, but communities sorted out their meaning and orderly use. There is yearning too, be it a commitmen...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors:	Bodel, John P., 1957- (Editor), Houston, Stephen D. (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:	Writing > History. Signs and symbols > History. Inscriptions > History. Inscriptions Signs and symbols Writing History