Denise Schmandt-Besserat

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  • Career
    • Curriculum Vitae
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    • Past Lectures & Appearances
  • Books & Publications
    • Extended Publication List
    • Children’s Publications
      • Extended Children’s Publications List
  • Tokens
    • The Invention of Tokens
    • Tokens: their Significance for the Origin of Counting and Writing
    • The Evolution of Writing
    • “Signs of Life,” in Archaeology Odyssey
    • From Accounting to Writing
    • Tokens and Writing: The Cognitive Development
    • Making Tokens Talk
    • Prehistoric Administrative Technologies and the Ancient Near Eastern Redistribution Economy – The case of greater Susiana
    • Tokens in China, Europe and Africa – The Significance
    • Articles in Translation
    • Research on Tokens by Other Scholars
    • Major Additions to the 1992 Catalogue
  • Writing & Art
    • The Impact of Writing on Art
    • Description of When Writing Met Art: From Symbol to Story
  • Tokens in Art
    • Tk= 5.184.000.000 L
    • From One to Z
    • Comic
  • ‘Ain Ghazal
    • Tokens and Writing: The Cognitive Development
    • Token Finds At Pre-Pottery Neolighic ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan A Formal And Technological Analysis
    • ‘Ain Ghazal Token Catalogue, by Type and Subtype
    • Animal Figurines
    • The Human Clay Figurines And Ancient Near Eastern Magic
    • A Stone Metaphor Of Creation
    • The Plastered Skulls
    • ‘Ain Ghazal “Monumental” Figures: A Stylistic Analysis
    • Murals and Floor Paintings at ‘Ain Ghazal
    • Neolithic Symbolism at ‘Ain Ghazal
  • Archaeological Travel

Tokens in Art

The simple shapes of Near Eastern tokens and their unique role in counting and communication has inspired XXI century artists.

Tk= 5.184.000.000 L by Fernando Toth and Carlos Mustto

From One to Z by Gloria Bornstein

Comic 

Page last updated: 01/19/20

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