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The Disappearance of Writing Systems(Updated)
Perspectives on Literacy and Communication
by John Baines, John Bennet, Stephen Houston, Stephen D. Houston
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2008 by Equinox Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-84553-013-6, ISBN: 1-84553-013-6

"This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. While the invention and decipherment of writing systems have long been focuses of research, their eclipse or replacement have been little studied. Because writing is so important in many cultures and civilizations, its disappearance - followed by a period without it or by replacement by a different writi ..."