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Denise Schmandt-Besserat

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  • Books & Publications
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    • Children’s Publications
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  • 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

Writing & Art

Horizons - Seoul Journal of Humanities, vol.1, no.1
The Impact of Writing on Art
Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
Tokens and Writing Download the PDF (1.5 MB)


The Birth of Narrative Art – How Writing Led to Picture Painting,
Archaeology Odyssey, September/October 2004
>The Birth of Narrative Art Download the PDF (5MB)


When Writing Met Art book cover

Description of When Writing Met Art: From Symbol to Story
Description of When Writing Met Art Download the PDF (103KB)

Page last updated: 4/14/14

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