"Chapters include: High Resolution Documentation of the Murals of San Bartolo, Guatemala, by William Saturno....Strontium Isotopic Identification of an Early Classic Migrant to Punta de Chimino, Guatemala, by Lori E. Wright and Bruce R. Bachand....Communal and Personal Hunting Shrines Around Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, by Linda A. Brown....The Discovery of Plan de Ayutla, Mexico, by Luis Alberto Martos López....Painted Lithic Artifacts f ..."
"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 ..."
"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 ..."
The First Writing(1st Edition) Script Invention as History and Process by StephenD. Houston Paperback, 436 Pages, Published 2008 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-72826-3, ISBN: 0-521-72826-6
"Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2008 Pages: 774 Publisher: Camidge. University Press Ancient writing gives us our first glimpse of history People and Institutions and yet its Origins remain mysterious. This 2004 Book offers a treatment and Examination of the origins of ancient writing. It studies often neglected writing systems. such as those of Mesoamerica. The leading scholars in the field collectively discuss new topics and hig ..."