TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haarmann,Harald
TI  - Early Civilization and Literacy in Europe: An Inquiry into Cultural Continuity in the Mediterranean World 
T2  - Approaches to Semiotics [AS] ,
SN  - 9783110146516
AV  - P211.3.E85 H33 1996eb
U1  - 302.2/244/094 22
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton, 
KW  - Civilization, Ancient
KW  - Civilization, Classical
KW  - Signs and symbols
KW  - History
KW  - Writing
KW  - Europe
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - Altertum
KW  - Schriftlichkeit
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - i-iv --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1. Iconography, symbolism and writing at the dawn of civilization – Old Europe from the seventh to the fourth millennia B.C. --; 2. The organizing principles of Old European writing – Motivated and arbitrary symbols and their affinity with the mythical symbolism --; 3. Writing from Old Europe to ancient Crete – A case of cultural continuity --; 4. Literacy in ancient Crete – On the social functions of linear and hieroglyphic writing --; 5. The Cretan legacy in the East: Writing systems in the multilingual society of ancient Cyprus --; 6. The spread of European writing beyond ancient Cyprus – The influence of Aegean and Cypriot literacy in Asia Minor and the Near East --; 7. On the three ways of writing the oldest literary language in the world: Greek --; 8. The impact of Aegean culture on the western periphery – The case of the Lipari script and the role of Etruscan writing in Italy --; Conclusion: Giving profile to a new paradigm for research into antiquity --; Bibliography --; Illustrations, figures, tables and maps --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110869057
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110869057
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110869057/original
ER  -